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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter
End of discussion. Excalibur wins the internet
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Umm, no. Backronyms, by their definition, are incorrect.
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Originally Posted by Excalibur
I have never heard anyone say DONT call an RPG a Rocket Propell Grenade. Guys I know in the military calls them that.
In the context of "rocket-propelled grenades", RPG is a transliteration of , the Russian РПГ or ручной противотанковый гранатомёт transliterated as "ruchnoy protivotankoviy granatomyot", which translates to the English phrase "hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher". Thus rocket-propelled grenade is a backronym and makes sense.
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You are using the word "transliteration" improperly, you win nothing.
07-02-2010, 02:55 AM
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