Hi, English isn’t my mother tongue so I was asking myself that question since I first encounted a w/… Back then I was like: “What tf does ‘w slash’ stand for?” And when I found out I was like “How, why, and is it any intuitive?” But I never dared to ask that until now

    • Klear@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Wikipedia at least sees initialisms as a type of acronyms. But even if it didn’t, your comment would still be unhelpful pedantry.

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        11 months ago

        I’m not the person you were replying to, but the source linked on the wiki for that statement actually refers to them as being distinct.