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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 le
by frenchtoast8 2mo 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 2mo agoNot 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".