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It’s ‘visa’ not ‘VISA’. Why do so many people think it’s an acronym? It’s just a normal word.
by chrisseaton 5y ago
It’s ‘visa’ not ‘VISA’. Why do so many people think it’s an acronym? It’s just a normal word.
- rsstack 5y agoBecause of the company: "Visa Inc. (/ˈviːzə, ˈviːsə/; stylized as VISA) is an American multinational financial services corporation..."
- reaperducer 5y agoIt’s ‘visa’ not ‘VISA’. Why do so many people think it’s an acronym? It’s just a normal word. See also: Most of the Windows people in my company's IT department write "MAC" instead of "Mac." Few of them work with networking, so I don't think it's related to MAC addresses. Wikipedia seems to concur that this is common: "Mac or MAC most commonly refers to... Macintosh, a brand of computers and operating systems made by Apple Inc."
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoTechnically MAC is a makeup brand, but I guess that ship has sailed.