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wintermute23:

--- Quote from: RowaN on June 18, 2008, 01:02:19 PM ---THE sentence WILL gain CORRECTNESS? See how annoying that is, when capitalisation is used incorrectly?
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Actually, I'd say that demonstrates how annoying it is when capitals are overused. Compare, for example: "We spoke to the man from Unicef about aids."

I would say that is far less annoying, even though it's equally wrong.
--- Quote from: Llorean on June 18, 2008, 01:11:47 PM ---First, an acronym is when the letters form a word. If it's an acronym, then there is a word mp3 that can be used anyway. Note I did not say it isn't an abbreviation.
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Ah, OK. I'm used to a looser definition of "acronym". Though if you're going to be that precise with the language, you ought to use "initialism" rather than "abbreviation" ;)

Llorean:
Well it's not just the initials, though. It's MPEG-1 layer 3. Since we only use the M, P, and 3 from it, it's an abbreviation.

yapper:
A simple google search for 'mp3' indicates MP3 is a more common abbreviation than mp3.

Llorean:
What does how common it is have to do with whether it's correct to write it as "mp3" or not?

MPEG4-ASP files are usually referred to as "avi" files and that's incredibly incorrect.

Now, whether we should change it to the common usage is a different matter, but my question, still unanswered, is a request for evidence that this is actually incorrect, rather than just uncommon.

yapper:
My previous post was merely an observation, not an indication of correctness (or not).

However, the MPEG home page (http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/) refers to MP3, which might be considered an endorsement for that version of the abbreviation.

IMHO, both versions are understood widely.

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