Common Acronyms

[5jj]

I am not pushing for these, merely putting them forward for consideration:

AusE, CanE, IndE, NZE, IPA, ALD, OALD, COD, OED, LPD (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary).

[birdeen's call]

MW and AHD would be nice too. I'm not sure about COCA, COHA, BNC--maybe they need an automatic link too?

[Tdol]

The software only allows for an expansion of abbreviations as far as I know. Will get busy with the suggestions when I have answered a few posts. Thanks.

[Tdol]

I have had to cheat a bit with things like the ALD as it won't allow apostrophes as they are read as part of the code. If any start producing weird results I will take them out- I left COD out as it might cause confusion with the fish.

[Route21]

I have had to cheat a bit with things like the ALD as it won't allow apostrophes as they are read as part of the code. If any start producing weird results I will take them out- I left COD out as it might cause confusion with the fish.

"COD" is also an acronym for Cash on Delivery!
R21

[Tdol]

Good point- all the more reason for leaving it out.

[birdeen's call]

RP could be added unless it someone sees a potential ambiguity.

[5jj]

I left COD out as it might cause confusion with the fish.

I don't really think that there is much possibility of confusion with fish, or Cash on Delivery, in this forum.

[Route21]

I don't really think that there is much possibility of confusion with fish, or Cash on Delivery, in this forum.

In fact there's no chance of any confusion if the full, non-abbreviated version appears in an adjacent balloon!

R21

[5jj]

What's happened to the dotted underlining? It appears not to be there any more. I thought it was very helpful.