Noticed what I assume is a mistake in one of the Theory segments of the Semantic HTML course

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Found it in;

Responsive Web Design Certification-> HTML → Semantic HTML → Working with Text and Time Semantic Elements → How Do You Display Abbreviations in HTML?

Both acronyms and initialisms are types of abbreviations. The distinction is acronyms are pronounced as words and initialisms are pronounced as individual letters.

At first I was a bit confused but I think this part might have initialisms and acronyms flipped. I only just figure out which is which, so this send me for a little loop. xP

Sorry if general isn’t the place for this,

Cheers.

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please post a direct link if you can.

Can you also explain more what you think is the difference between acronymns and initialisms?

The definition looks correct to me.

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Yeah, looks like I’m just an idiot.

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it’s a confusing statement to be fair… no need to feel a type of way about misunderstanding it

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Hi @Wispling

“Asap” means as soon as possible. “A.S.A.P” means the same thing.

Some people say the word “gui”, pronounced “googey”, for Graphical User Interface, while others spell out the letters “G.U.I.”.

So there is an overlap sometimes.

Happy coding

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it looks like we have the same definition for both

  • L15: An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of a phrase, with each letter representing the first letter of a word in that phrase.
  • L19: An initialism is formed from the initial letters of a phrase, with each letter representing the first letter of a word in that phrase.

with the distinction done only later in the page.

maybe we need to do a slight update here?

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where is this shown?

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in the lesson that this topic was opened about, https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/responsive-web-design-v9/lecture-working-with-text-and-time-semantic-elements/how-do-you-display-abbreviations-and-acronyms-in-html

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An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of a phrase, with each letter representing the first letter of a word in that phrase.

GUI is an example of an acronym. It stands for Graphical User Interface. By taking the first letters of each word G, U, and I, you get the acronym GUI.

An initialism is formed from the initial letters of a phrase, with each letter representing the first letter of a word in that phrase.

For example, HTML is an initialism; it stands for HyperText Markup Language and is pronounced by spelling out each letter H, T, M, L.

Both acronyms and initialisms are types of abbreviations. The distinction is acronyms are pronounced as words and initialisms are pronounced as individual letters.

Maybe replace the Graphical User Interface with something else.

Then add it back in as an example of both.

Here is a suggested change:

An acronym or initialism is formed from the initial letters of a phrase, with each letter representing the first letter of a word in that phrase.

* GUI is an example of an acronym. It stands for Graphical User Interface. By taking the first letters of each word G, U, and I, you get the acronym GUI.

* HTML is an initialism; it stands for HyperText Markup Language and is pronounced by spelling out each letter H, T, M, L.

Both acronyms and initialisms are types of abbreviations. The distinction is acronyms are pronounced as words and initialisms are pronounced as individual letters.

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this may benefit from a github issue