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IAN FRENNEY appealed to readers for examples of "retronyms" - words made by sounding out the individual letters of an acronym (22 April). He offered emcee, okay and kayo, to which we added Jeep, from the US army's General Purpose vehicle. "There are many more examples of retronyms in common use, quite a number relating to military vehicles or aircraft," writes Cedric Lynch. "The successor to the Jeep, the High Mobility Military Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), is usually called the Humvee." He also cites the Iroquois Utility Helicopter, whose original designation HU-1 lent it the nickname Huey.