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It's common in British media to spell acronyms that way: Nato, Scuba, etc.
by teachrdan 1y ago
It's common in British media to spell acronyms that way: Nato, Scuba, etc.
- dekhn 1y agoIt's mostly used when the acronym is pronounced like a word (Nasa). They don't write "Bbc" because it's pronounced "bee bee cee" or "beeb"
- jfengel 1y agoThey won't capitalize "scuba", since it's now just a regular word. But for proper nouns, they distinguish "acronyms" (like Nasa) from "intialisms" (like FBI). An acronym is pronounced like a word, so they treat that word as a proper noun (capital first letter, others lower case). That can be informative about pronunciation. The BBC writes the World Health Organization as WHO, not Who.