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They seem to do that when its pronounced versus spelled I've noticed. aka: NASA = Nasa BBC = b b c I could be wrong though so whatever.
by mitchty 13y ago
They seem to do that when its pronounced versus spelled I've noticed.
aka:
NASA = Nasa
BBC = b b c
I could be wrong though so whatever.
- ForHackernews 13y agoThat's what makes it an acronym. Technically, an "acronym" is an abbreviation that can be pronounced as a word (e.g. Radar, Nasa). In contrast, things like BBC or FBI are "initialisms" but not acronyms.
- mitchty 13y agoThat explains it, but I thought NASA was originally spelled out as well. Take for example the world wide web and the early 2000's and people constantly trying to make www dub dub dub. I think the only thing stopping the BBC getting in the same boat is lack of vowels.