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It's "NASA", BBC. Not "Nasa".
by l33tbro 10y ago
It's "NASA", BBC. Not "Nasa".
- longwave 10y agoLowercasing of acronyms is a common stylistic choice made by UK media to aid readability. "Where you would normally pronounce the abbreviation as a string of letters - an initialism - use all capitals with no full stops or spaces (eg FA, UNHCR, NUT). However, our style is to use lower case with an initial cap for acronyms where you would normally pronounce the set of letters as a word (eg Aids, Farc, Eta, Nafta, Nasa, Opec, Apec)."
- l33tbro 10y agoI see. Fair enough, I thought it was odd that it was repeated more than once. Thanks.
- Xophmeister 10y agoInteresting how your comment exemplifies perfectly a valid and common style that refutes your point: Abbreviations that are pronounced as words are written in title/inline case (e.g., Nasa, radar, etc.), whereas those that are read letter-by-letter are written in capitals.
- madeofpalk 10y ago"It's BBC, not "bebeca"
- DanBC 10y agohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/journalism/article/art20130702112133530 http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/journalism/article/art201307021... > Use the abbreviated form of a title without explanation only if there is no chance of any misunderstanding (eg UN, Nato, IRA, BBC). Otherwise, spell it out in full at first reference, or introduce a label (eg the public sector union Unite). > Where you would normally say the abbreviation as a string of letters - an initialism - use all capitals with no full stops or spaces (eg FA, UNHCR, NUT). However, our style is to use lower case with an initial cap for acronyms, where you would normally pronounce the set of letters as a word (eg Aids, Farc, Eta, Nafta, Nasa, Opec, Apec).