• kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    NASA, not NAySA, SCUBA, not SCUBbA, LASER, not LASsER. Many such cases.

    ATM is not an acronym, though, just an initialism, so the letters are pronounced individually.

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        11 months ago

        From that link:

        The word acronym typically applies when the resulting thing can be read as a word; for example, radar comes from “radio detection and ranging” and scuba comes from “self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.” The word initialism only applies when the resulting thing is read as an abbreviation; for example DIY, which comes from “do it yourself,” is pronounced by saying the names of the letters.