Acronym Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Normal case and anacronyms<span class="anchor" id="Anacronym"></span>==== Where an acronym has linguistically taken on an identity as regular word, the acronym may use normal case rules, e.g. it would appear generally in lower case, but with an initial capital when starting a sentence or when in a title. Once knowledge of the words underlying such an acronym has faded from common recall, the acronym may be termed an '''anacronym'''.<ref>{{ShorterOxfordEnglishDictionary}}</ref> Examples of anacronyms are the words "[[scuba set|scuba]]", "[[radar]]", and "[[laser]]". The word "an''acro''nym" should not be confused with the word "[[Misnomer#Anachronym|an''achro''nym]]", which is a type of misnomer. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page