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Might not even have to change the acronym (lemmy.world)
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[-] abfarid@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago

I did some research, and apparently, "United States" without "of America" could be a kind of ellipsis. But more likely, it's just an alternative country name. So I think that makes US an initialism (because you pronounce it as [yu-es]) for an alt (bonus info: this is a final clipping, or apocope, of "alternative") name.

Linguistics is such a dirt hut...

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