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"Simon Nejmann" <snej...@worldonline.dk> wrote in message 
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> On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 21:58:19 +0300, "Peter" <Pe...@xcv1234.gnmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I agree ... in that particular example you are right. Ok Maybe it SoUnDs
>>EvEn CoOlLeEr LiKe ThIs ? Still I want to spell it "Wow".. not "WoW", when
>>talking about World of warcraft.
>
> Actually, if you want to follow proper grammar rules, then it should
> be; World of Warcraft - that is both 'world' and 'warcraft' with
> capital letters, and 'of' without. Now if you want to create an
> acronym from that it really should be WW, WOW or WoW.
>
> From what I have seen, WW is never used as a World of Warcraft
> acronym, while WOW and WoW are used all the time - with WoW being the
> far most common.
>
> On the other hand, I have never seen anybody (but you) spelling it
> Wow, and I kinda doubt that you will be able to find any grammatic
> rules that will agree with that capitalization.
>
> Like it or not, the term WoW does have its roots in proper grammatic
> rules, and has nothing to do with that kind of l33t speak (or net
> speak, whatever you want to call it) you gave an example of above.
>
> It is, by the way, by the exact same rules that 'Dark Age of Camelot'
> is turned into DAoC, and 'Will of the Forsaken' into WotF.
>
> -- 
> Regards
>   Simon Nejmann

Of course WW can never be an acronym as an acronym is an abbreviation that 
in itself makes another word.
WW is just an abbreviation. WoW is an acronym. :)