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From wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization_in_English#Capitalization_of_acronyms_and_initialisms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization_
by mrkstu 7y ago
From wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization_in_English#Capitalization_of_acronyms_and_initialisms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization_in_English#Capi...):
>Generally acronyms and initialisms are capitalized, e.g., "NASA" or "SOS." Sometimes a minor word such as a preposition is not within the acronym, such as "WoW" for "World of Warcraft". In British English, only the initial letter of an acronym is capitalized if the acronym is read as a word, e.g., "Unesco."
- hvindin 7y agoGenuine question, do normal people pronounce ARM as "Arm" (like the limb) as in /ɑːrm/ or /ɑːm/, or do they pronounce it like A.R.M as in each letter individually. I've always said ARM (as in each individual letter) when talking about ARM processors and it's never even occured to me to pronounce it like Arm. That being said... I do pronounce RISCV as /rɪsk-viː/ (or, as I believe was the intention rɪsk-faiv depending who I am talking to) and that seemed entirely normal as opposed to pronouncing each letter in the Acronym... So maybe I'm just weird here...
- slau 7y agoIn English, I usually just say it as the body part. In French, however, I would pronounce every letter separately.
- pm215 7y agoThe company and CPU name has always been pronounced 'arm' like the body part.
- ksec 7y agoMy general rule is to pronounced any three letter Capitalised term as individual characters, so A/R/M and S/Q/L. Since RISC-V is longer I pronounced it the same as you; /rɪsk-viː/, the same as to NASA and NATO.
- danellis 7y agoYeah, it's pronounced like the limb, and always has been, at least in English-speaking countries. Hence the StrongARM pun.