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Or using title case for acronyms like "Nasa" particularly on government and news websites who should know better.

• frenchtoast8 1mo ago
  Do you mean like what the BBC does? > However, our style is to use lower case with an initial cap for acronyms where you would normally pronounce the set of letters as a word (eg Maga, Sars, Aids, Nasa, Opec, Apec). https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsstyleguide/all/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsstyleguide/all/ It’s a matter of style, not something someone “should know better.”
  • fhdkweig 1mo ago
    Not to start a whole flamewar over this, but it adds to confusion when it would look like another word like "Aids". Even their own final rule says not to do that. > There are a few exceptions: > Seasonal Affective Disorder becomes SAD ("Sad" would be confusing) > Where a capped-down acronym risks being misunderstood as a word. And when I say "should know better", a news organization, especially a place as respected as the BBC, should try to reduce confusion wherever possible. And as a matter of politeness, when it is an organization/person's name, it should probably cased the way they chose to name it, like "NASA" or "e e cummings".