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This is a stylistic and regional difference. The convention in the UK is to use title case for acronyms, and all-caps for initialisms.
by teraflop 7y ago
This is a stylistic and regional difference. The convention in the UK is to use title case for acronyms, and all-caps for initialisms.
- 0xffff2 7y agoWhy not go with the organization's preference (NASA in this case)?
- anoncake 7y agoWhy go with the organization's preference?
- some_random 7y ago...because it's the more respectful option?
- anoncake 7y agoThat has nothing to do with respect. On the other hand, if you "respect" organization's spelling choices, you end up with abominations like "macOS". It's better to make a habit to ignore them.
- somatic 7y agoNo one complained when they named everything iEverything. Or if they did, the complainers weren’t important enough to matter. Just be thankful that they didn’t name iMac MacMan.
- anoncake 7y ago> Just be thankful that they didn’t name iMac MacMan. That's a stupid name but at least it's a valid word.
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- tantalor 7y agoIrrelevant: the article uses "NASA"
- rjsw 7y agoWhy would conventions in the UK matter ? It is an article about a US agency on a US website. Just use the original title.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoThe submitter might be from the UK, or some country other than USA, or use language constructs from such an area. The submitter might have corrected the title to match their local conventions. That makes the title _right_, just not consistent with the conventions of a particular country.