Chrysti The Wordsmith: Acronym - 2

Greetings and welcome to Christie the wordsmith less time on the series we examine common acronyms from several American industries naphtha CAT scan a wall and radar today of Christie the wordsmith will take a look at a less familiar but more entertaining acronyms sometimes acronyms make handy mnemonic devices. Holmes h o m e s jogs the memory for the names of the Great Lakes Huron Ontario Michigan Erie and superior. Roy G. Bit of is the acronym for the order of the colors in the spectrum. Red orange yellow green blue indigo and violet. And speaking of rainbow hues remember the colorful candy wafers wrapped in a wax sleeve called neck o n e c c o this name is an acronym of the corporation that produced it. New England candy company. A group in England organized under the name of what's up. Keeps its eyes open for unidentified flying objects. What's up is the acronym of Wessex Association for the Study of

unexplained phenomena bloop is the name of a group founded in antithesis of the optimist clubs bloop stands for the benevolent and Loyal Order of pessimists. They meet annually on April 15th the dreaded IRS tax deadline acronym is spelled a c r o n y m and you can find dictionaries of these abbreviations in your library or bookstore or simply type the word into your search engine. I'm Christie the wordsmith. CHRISTIE The wordsmith is sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Zoot enterprises a high tech firm in Bozeman Montana offering challenging careers and innovative solutions for the financial services industry. Zoot web dot com.