Talk:orphan initialism

The "Kentucky Fried Chicken" name is still frequently used by the YUM corporation and is in fact emblazened on the KFC global web directory. http://www.kfc.com/global/

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orphan initialism

Nothing on Books or Usenet. Equinox ◑ 19:32, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

There is an entry for it on wp - w:orphan initialism. There are also some examples of use on google - e.g.. I think it's a valid entry to include. You can't discern its meaning from the parts. Jamesjiao → ^{T ◊ C} 03:54, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

One web hit from an ordinary website, which we deem non-durably archived, is not very helpful for attestation. I also would argue that in any context in which initialism is understood this is NISOP. I felt misled by the representation that its meaning can't be discerned from the parts. DCDuring TALK 11:08, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

I think the meaning can be guessed at, but not with certainty. Polarpanda 14:13, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

I was not able to guess it. The problem is not with initialism, but with orphan: its meaning is not obvious in this case. Lmaltier 21:11, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Note that the Wikipedia entry is now just a redirect (not my doing!). Equinox ◑ 16:34, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Deleted. Equinox ◑ 16:57, 1 July 2010 (UTC)