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    El Corazon
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    Yes, I googled, I came up a lot of "random" acronym building sites to help... I could easily just toss out the letters, but I prefer real words. Anyone know of a program or site that will take a list of words (or just letters) and match the letters to real words? This is one time when I wish I had a decent vocabulary, and a 2nd or 3rd language to draw on for help. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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      Yes, I googled, I came up a lot of "random" acronym building sites to help... I could easily just toss out the letters, but I prefer real words. Anyone know of a program or site that will take a list of words (or just letters) and match the letters to real words? This is one time when I wish I had a decent vocabulary, and a 2nd or 3rd language to draw on for help. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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      Paul Watson
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      Do you mean like Acronym Finder[^]? regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and WebTwoZero. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!

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        Do you mean like Acronym Finder[^]? regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and WebTwoZero. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!

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        El Corazon
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        Nope, reverse... creating a new real-time capability engine, which is kind of what I do for a living. So I have a product I want to build, I know what it should do, so now I just need a name for it. :) In my business, most names are acronyms and in some cases your chances improve based on the quality and quantity of acronyms you use to describe your product. I didn't write the rules... I just live by them. The hard part is trying to fit 'R' and 'U' into a word without being rude. ;) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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          Nope, reverse... creating a new real-time capability engine, which is kind of what I do for a living. So I have a product I want to build, I know what it should do, so now I just need a name for it. :) In my business, most names are acronyms and in some cases your chances improve based on the quality and quantity of acronyms you use to describe your product. I didn't write the rules... I just live by them. The hard part is trying to fit 'R' and 'U' into a word without being rude. ;) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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          I thought you were supposed to create the acronym first and then build the product for it! We once wanted to name a spacecraft guidance algorithm Boeing Adaptive Guidance or "BAD Guidance" but the managers didn't like it ;) - Matt Jessick

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            Yes, I googled, I came up a lot of "random" acronym building sites to help... I could easily just toss out the letters, but I prefer real words. Anyone know of a program or site that will take a list of words (or just letters) and match the letters to real words? This is one time when I wish I had a decent vocabulary, and a 2nd or 3rd language to draw on for help. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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            I haven't seen a machine that will do that. But I seriously think the best way to get a good result is via a humanoid wordsmith. Regardz Colin J Davies The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow) :-)

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            • E El Corazon

              Yes, I googled, I came up a lot of "random" acronym building sites to help... I could easily just toss out the letters, but I prefer real words. Anyone know of a program or site that will take a list of words (or just letters) and match the letters to real words? This is one time when I wish I had a decent vocabulary, and a 2nd or 3rd language to draw on for help. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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              Bassam Abdul Baki
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              What about OneLook Dictionary Search[^]? "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS - Math

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                Yes, I googled, I came up a lot of "random" acronym building sites to help... I could easily just toss out the letters, but I prefer real words. Anyone know of a program or site that will take a list of words (or just letters) and match the letters to real words? This is one time when I wish I had a decent vocabulary, and a 2nd or 3rd language to draw on for help. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                Marc Clifton
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                Jeffry J. Brickley wrote: Anyone know of a program or site that will take a list of words (or just letters) and match the letters to real words? I bet Microsoft has a utility like that. It's probably patented though. ;P Marc My website Traceract Understanding Simple Data Binding Diary Of A CEO - Preface

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                • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                  What about OneLook Dictionary Search[^]? "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS - Math

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                  Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: What about OneLook Dictionary Search[^]? I actually have a paper dictionary I use for this type stuff... but like one look it is only as smart as you can start it. I wouldn't mind having somethign take all the letters and say gee, how many words match these letters. A cross between the random acronym builders and an anagram builder. So far I have, manually, come up with Rubicon, rhumbs, route, and even urban using various combinations of words related to the subject matter. I actually like Rubicon, and rhumbs actually makes the most information directly in the acronym, but it is not a word most people know -- urban was half-joke but it works too. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                    I thought you were supposed to create the acronym first and then build the product for it! We once wanted to name a spacecraft guidance algorithm Boeing Adaptive Guidance or "BAD Guidance" but the managers didn't like it ;) - Matt Jessick

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                    MJessick wrote: We once wanted to name a spacecraft guidance algorithm Boeing Adaptive Guidance or "BAD Guidance" but the managers didn't like it My project lead desperately wanted "ccrider" once, we ended up with CCAVE luckily. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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