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To an American audience, yeah, it's definitely better in all caps. However, The Economist is British, and sometimes in British English they capitalize acronyms
by adrianmonk 3y ago
To an American audience, yeah, it's definitely better in all caps.
However, The Economist is British, and sometimes in British English they capitalize acronyms that way. Only "true" (pronounceable) acronyms, though, so they'll write Nato ("nay toh") and BBC ("bee bee see").
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- pathartl 3y agoClarifying what you mean, all acronyms are pronounceable, otherwise they're just a sparkling initialism.
- edflsafoiewq 3y agoThe article uses "AIDS". It's just the HN title mangler at work.
- adrianmonk 3y agoHah, my explanation fits the facts perfectly... except for one tiny little detail. I often forget that the title mangler exists.