en_GB http://tobyinkster.co.uk/tag/abbreviation/ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/article/web-abbr/ <p>There are two <acronym title="hypertext markup language">HTML</acronym> elements for dealing with abbreviations: <code class="html">&lt;acronym&gt;</code> and <code class="html">&lt;abbr&gt;</code>.</p> <p>So what&#8217;s the difference? Although it is generally agreed that any shortening of a word or phrase is an abbreviation, and that some abbreviations are acronyms, there are two schools of thought on deciding exactly <strong>which</strong> abbreviations are acronyms&#8230;</p>