<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ACR Joe:
Did you mean acronym? An anachronism is something that is out of sinc with time. Jumped the gun on spell check ehh?
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Actually, I used the spell check...unfortunately it does NOT correct for the incorrect usage of a word
(note that anachronism IS spelled correctly)
Joe you are correct. I have edited my post to comply
And for anyone who is interceded...
anachronism noun [C]
a person, thing or idea which exists out of its time in history, esp. one which happened or existed later than the period being shown, discussed, etc.
For some people, marriage is an anachronism from the days when women needed to be protected.
The modern train was an obvious and distracting anachronism in the film about London in the 1950s.
acronym noun [C]
an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word
AIDS is an acronym for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.