# Every English Alphabet Three-Letter Abbreviation in Pictures

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [April 26, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204 "2016-04-26T18:44:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/1 "2016-04-26T18:44:57Z")

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Similar to [Count To Infinity In Pictures](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=717380), but much more finite.

In order, please (AAA, AAB, AAC, etc.) 🙂

There’s more than a few to choose from to start, but I have to go with the obvious -  
[Travel With Someone You Trust](https://static-s.aa-cdn.net/img/ios/310730297/ce16f83ac963f0a53cc53992d5adf490)

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/2 "2016-04-26T18:54:22Z")

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[http://www.northernnewengland.aaa.com/home/about/about-aaa-northern-new-england/jcr:content/products/full\_row/col1/mediaobject/image.img.png/1409897863685.png](http://www.northernnewengland.aaa.com/home/about/about-aaa-northern-new-england/jcr:content/products/full_row/col1/mediaobject/image.img.png/1409897863685.png)

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**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/3 "2016-04-26T20:10:04Z")

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Resistance is futile…

[Danish football, anyone?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AaB_Fodbold#/media/File:Aalborg_Fodbold.png)

[Wiki entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AaB_Fodbold)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/4 "2016-04-26T20:33:24Z")

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AAC — Associação Académica de Coimbra

> **[File:Associação Académica de Coimbra logo.svg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Acad%C3%A9mica_de_Coimbra_logo.svg)**
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> Original file ‎(SVG file, nominally 316 × 316 pixels, file size: 33 KB)
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> ✓
> The source code of this SVG is valid.
> This is the logo for Coimbra Academic Association. It is a historical logo. Its historical usage is as follows: Coimbra's Academic Association symbol: this version was first used at the AAC's 115th birthday commemorations (2002), designed by Tiago do Vale. Original concept by Fernando Pimentel in 1927.
> The logo may be obtained from Coimbra Academic Association.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/5 "2016-04-26T21:50:21Z")

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[AAD](http://pinkfloydarchives.com/Discog/Germany/CD/Umma/Umma1/labels.jpg) – [SPARS Code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARS_code) for Analog Recording, Analog Mixing, Digital Mastering.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/6 "2016-04-27T04:11:15Z")

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[Endodontists](http://www.aae.org/)

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/7 "2016-04-27T04:36:04Z")

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[Alien Ant Farm](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/79/ANThology_AAF.jpg)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/8 "2016-04-27T05:13:25Z")

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AAG-tv, a Pakistani TV channel

[![](https://assets.about.me/background/aag_tv_1341562384_5.jpg) ](https://assets.about.me/background/aag_tv_1341562384_5.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/9 "2016-04-27T13:19:34Z")

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[Association of Art Historians](http://blog.apahau.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/resized_logo.jpg)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/10 "2016-04-27T13:32:51Z")

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AAI - Airports Authority of India (Nice logo)

[http://www.jobsvedic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/AAI-Assistant-HR-Recruitment-Notification-2016.jpg](http://www.jobsvedic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/AAI-Assistant-HR-Recruitment-Notification-2016.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/11 "2016-04-27T14:58:33Z")

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[AAJ - The American Association for Justice](https://www.justice.org/)

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/12 "2016-04-27T16:53:55Z")

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Please don’t make me listen to their [theme song](http://kazoologist.org/AAK%20Logo%20Jmax.jpg)

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/13 "2016-04-27T18:28:35Z")

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[American Airlines (currently not bankrupt)](http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AAL)

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/14 "2016-04-27T19:35:15Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> [AAJ - The American Association for Justice](https://www.justice.org/)

> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> [American Airlines (currently not bankrupt)](http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AAL)

Both these seem to be missing pictures of the letters.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/15 "2016-04-27T19:38:22Z")

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> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#):
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> Both these seem to be missing pictures of the letters.

[AAJ](http://content.courtroomview.com/images/cvn/AAJ.png)

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**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/16 "2016-04-28T00:58:16Z")

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> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#):
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> Both these seem to be missing pictures of the letters.

That’s why using stock symbols is probably not the best option.

[AAL - Academy for Academic Leadership](http://aalgroup.org/images/logo.png)

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/17 "2016-04-28T01:05:40Z")

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[Ayuh, lotsa "A"s, sev’ral "M"s, but a few "W"s?](http://museummarketplace.com/Content/Guides/aam/aam_guide_assoc_wide.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/18 "2016-04-28T15:10:42Z")

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There are more obvious ones, but this looks interesting. [A.A.N.](https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/wp-content/themes/aannewtheme/images/header.jpg)

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/19 "2016-04-28T16:23:50Z")

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[A.A.O.](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/53754972e4b000acb0692aca/t/537576a9e4b0cb63d6f8d4f2/1458695522265/?format=1000w) - I like this one. G’Day.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-english-alphabet-three-letter-abbreviation-in-pictures/753204/20 "2016-04-28T17:06:13Z")

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A.A.P.: There must be a story behind the [broom symbol.](http://www.oneindia.com/img/2015/12/13-1449986833-aap-broom.jpg)

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