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CRISPR
by erkkie 10y ago
CRISPR
- Amorymeltzer 10y agoYou're right, of course, but I don't blame GP. This is a pet peeve of mine that I've only really become aware of due to CRISPR. Most writing styles[1,2] in newspapers, etc. place a limit on all-caps acronyms so as not to stand out too much to the reader. This is fine, of course, but using Crispr instead of CRISPR leads to crisper. An odd hill to die on, I'll admit. 1: https://twitter.com/sarahzhang/status/650703501702508544 https://twitter.com/sarahzhang/status/650703501702508544 2: https://twitter.com/SteveAConnor/status/650711199433256960 https://twitter.com/SteveAConnor/status/650711199433256960
- baldfat 10y agoGP here Also auto correct causes changes, but I am the worlds worst speller. My brain just doesn't think in letters.
- thatoneguy 10y agoFWIW, British English specifies that acronyms only have the first letter capitalized while American English capitalizes all of them. This has been causing confusion well before CRISPR. Exif vs EXIF fights in photography forums have been going on since modern digital cameras were invented & it's simply because the Japanese used the British version of Exif.
- dekhn 10y agoI've only seen the British English acronym thing be the case when the acronym is pronounced, and I think it's mainly the BBC that does this.
- sib 10y agoWait, don't you mean the Bbc? ;)
- billforsternz 10y agoBBC is not an acronym because you pronounce it as a series of letters not as a synthetic word. I think.
- dekhn 10y agoNo, that's the Beeb.