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Please y'all, learn how language works. It changes. All the time. And acronym itself was coined in 1943, so it's not like it's in the Bible.
*''CBS,'' for ''Columbia Broadcasting System''
*''CBS,'' for ''Columbia Broadcasting System''
*''KJV,'' for ''King James Version.''
*''KJV,'' for ''King James Version.''
Initialisms are distinguished from ''acronyms'' in that initialisms are pronounced as individual letters, while acronyms are pronounced as if the letters spelled out a word (which they may in some cases do). The use of the word "acronym" to ''include'' initialisms is imprecise, but increasingly accepted.
Initialisms are distinguished from [[Acronym|acronyms]] in that initialisms are pronounced as individual letters, while acronyms are pronounced as if the letters spelled out a word (which they may in some cases do). The use of the word "acronym" to ''include'' initialisms is increasingly accepted.
Both initialisms and acronyms are defined by custom; sometimes they do not strictly follow the rule of using every initial, or only the first initial. Unimportant words may be omitted. In the case of acronyms a certain amount of creativity may be employed.
Both initialisms and acronyms are defined by custom; sometimes they do not strictly follow the rule of using every initial, or only the first initial. Unimportant words may be omitted. In the case of acronyms a certain amount of creativity may be employed.