Not all abbreviations are acronyms, only the ones that take the first letter from each word. Lego takes two letters from each word, so it’s not an acronym.
On a similar note, some but not all acronyms are initialisms, if they’re spoken as the letters rather than the “word” they create.
FYI, DIY, PS are all initialisms, and also acronyms, and also abbreviations. ASAP, SCUBA, and LASER are acronyms and abbreviations, but not initialisms. Lego, appt, and st are all abbreviations but neither acronyms nor initialisms.
LEGO is too an acronym. it stands for Leg Godt, Danish for “play well”
That’s…not an acronym. That’d just be LG.
what is it then?
In English, I would consider that a portmanteau. I’m not qualified to discuss Danish, but it was interesting to learn the origin.
It’s an abbreviation.
Not all abbreviations are acronyms, only the ones that take the first letter from each word. Lego takes two letters from each word, so it’s not an acronym.
On a similar note, some but not all acronyms are initialisms, if they’re spoken as the letters rather than the “word” they create.
FYI, DIY, PS are all initialisms, and also acronyms, and also abbreviations. ASAP, SCUBA, and LASER are acronyms and abbreviations, but not initialisms. Lego, appt, and st are all abbreviations but neither acronyms nor initialisms.
That’s a really good breakdown of the differences!
Now if you’ll excuse me I have a few Ell-Ee-Gee-Oh sets to put together. :p
why is english like this… we just call it “shortening”.
Why does a language have different words for different concepts?