In article ,
"Peter Duniho" wrote:

Did you look up the definition of "word"? How is "DME" a "word"? As Ron
implies, "VOR" *could* be considered a "word", but the vast majority of
us
spell it out and don't consider it to be a "word".

Then what do you think it is? It's not an abbreviation

They *are* both abbreviations. "DME" is a shortened form of the phrase
"Distance Measuring Equipment", while "VOR" is a shortened form of the
phrase "Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range".

I'll have to correct every acronym list I've worked with... wait, the odds of
the military changing are pretty low.

Did you see the latest AOPA rag? It uses the term "initialism" for DME
and VOR etc. That's even worse then our disagreement over the term
acronym and abbreviation.

--
Bob Noel
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lawyers will hate