Six-Word Memoirs “Nixon childhood, Reagan teenager, hope finally.” <br> —Tonia Mohammed-Madejczyk, Northport, New York An unexpected personal story was shared by a listener during the Lopate segment: And in an intense few minutes of radio, Anne from Hell’s Kitchen shared her six-word memoir, “I found my mother’s suicide note.” She talked about how important it was for her to come to terms with her mother’s death, and the role of the note in that process. The note, she explained, was just six words: “No flowers, no funeral, no nothing.” Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser went on the "Love & Heartbreak" book tour
Three-letter acronym usefulness of TLAs typically comes from how it is quicker to say the acronym instead of than the phrase they represent, however saying 'WWW' in English requires three times as many syllables than the phrase it is meant to abbreviate (World Wide Web). Consequently, "www" is sometimes abbreviated as "dubdubdub" in speech. Three-letter acronym A three-letter acronym (TLA), or three-letter abbreviation, is an abbreviation, specifically an acronym, alphabetism, or initialism, consisting of three letters. These are usually the initial letters of the words of the phrase abbreviated, and are written in capital letters (upper case); three-letter abbreviations such as "etc."