Betty Zan proposes that
> Could we maybe try, as a rule, to spell out our acronyms the first
> time we use them in a post? Thanks.
But of course the problem is that they probably _were_ spelled out
the first time. Unless you spell them out every time, which would
eliminate their function as acronyms (either to make typing easier
or to define the boundaries of the group), there are always going to
be occasions when someone _encounters_ them (or words with special
meanings, or within-discourse references) for the first time. And
feels excluded.
-- Russ
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