From: Bill Lucy 

In article , gaw{at}sover.net says...
> >> I don't follow, IKE is a nickname for Eisenhower, DDE is the
3 initials,
> >> hence, DDE fits, IKE doesn't.
> >
> > Gene's thing was on abbreviations. A nickname is an abbreviation.
>
> Not necessarily.  A nickname can easily be longer than a real name.

Okay, I'll bite the troll.

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