strathspey@strathspey.org:44534

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Re: The Master of Ceremonies abbreviated

March 7, 2006, 8:02 p.m. (Message 44534, in reply to message 44532)

I´ll go with pedant on this one. It is neither a uniquely American or 
British tradition to turn abbreviations, into acronyms, into what sound 
like words. If HM can refer to the Queen, or an MP refer to the queen, 
and MD for medical doctor, RSM, etc., there is no reason why a lowly 
Master of Ceremonies can not be an MC. In the U.S. we have similar 
conventions, and in most cases, it saves a lot of time, as in CEO, HR, 
POTUS, C-n-C, OD, etc.