Interesting point, Echo. My COD (sorry, Concise Oxford Dictionary) defines acronym as
word formed from the initial letters of other words
Well..... I'm sure the BA was originally formed from other words' initials, but as for the E.....
I guess you must be right, it's not an acronym, since BAE does evidently no longer stand for anything....
What a good thing we've nothing better to discuss, apart from MR2, MRA4, lawyers on ESF, JPA, JSF, JCA etc
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