Magda  +  318606 Tue, 23 Jan 07 01:06 AM Hello, How do you pronounce the acronyms below, as one word or with each letter separately? UCLA = the University of California, Los Angeles MIT = the Massachusetts Institute of Technology DBU = the Display Business Unit (of IBM) JTB = the Japan Travel Bureau Thank you. Magda Joined on Sat, Sep 9 2006 Full Member 445 Universities, Pronunciation

	CalifJim  +  318658 Tue, 23 Jan 07 04:43 AM Say each letter separately for each of them. (Don't forget that such a series has the stress on the last letter.) CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,452 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Pronunciation

	Clive  +  318687 Tue, 23 Jan 07 06:01 AM Hi, Your examples are not acronyms. They are abbreviations. An acronym is when the capital letters are pronounced as a word. eg FBI is an abbreviation. We say each letter separately. eff  bee  eye eg NATO is an acronym. We say naytow, not enn  eh  tee  owe Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,657 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Capital Letters, Abbreviations, Pronunciation

	The17pointscale  +  318694 Tue, 23 Jan 07 06:32 AM As I was looking at these abbreviations, I wondered how someone might know that UCLA isn't pronounced uck lah (I suppose that it would be an unfortunate moniker). Are there any universities that are abbreviated as acronymns? I can't think of any. Maybe the University of Pennsylvania is UPENN? I graduated from SPU and an occasional visitor mockingly referred to it as spew, but it was officially known as ess pea you. -Andrew The17pointscale Joined on Thu, Jan 26 2006 Seattle Junior Member 84 Abbreviations, Universities, Pronunciation

	Grammar Geek  +  318840 Tue, 23 Jan 07 02:20 PM Penn is just called Penn. SUNY (State Univeristy of New York) is said "Soo-nee." I've also heard CUNY (City University of New York) is said "koo-nee" (rhymes with Rosemary or George Clooney). In fact, SUNY Albany was SUNYA, and was sometimes called "soon-yia" (like the name "Tanya") although more often "soo-nee A." Univerisy of Texas at El Paso is called "you-tep" (UTEP). I'm sure there are others. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Universities, Pronunciation

	Lil' Ruby Rose  +  318844 Tue, 23 Jan 07 02:24 PM In the UK, some of the newer universities have gone down the acronym route - hence UWE (University of the West of England) is You-wee, and UWIC (University of Wales in Cardiff) is You-wick. Lil' Ruby Rose Joined on Wed, Dec 20 2006 Regular Member 879 Enlightenment is always preceded by confusion. Universities, Pronunciation

	Magda  +  318876 Tue, 23 Jan 07 03:27 PM  Clive wrote: Hi, Your examples are not acronyms. They are abbreviations. An acronym is when the capital letters are pronounced as a word. eg FBI is an abbreviation. We say each letter separately. eff  bee  eye eg NATO is an acronym. We say naytow, not enn  eh  tee  owe Best wishes, Clive Hi Clive, I've been taught that there are two kinds of acronyms: pronuncable as one word, e.g. NATO, OPEC, and these ones which have each letter pronounced separetely: the EU, the UN, etc. So, according to what I've been taught,  they are all acronyms. Best regadrs, Magda Magda Capital Letters, Abbreviations, Pronunciation

	Magda  +  318885 Tue, 23 Jan 07 03:49 PM Thank you all for your posts. Could you give me some examples of company's acronyms like: MIT = the Massachusetts Institute of Technology DBU = the Display Business Unit (of IBM) JTB = the Japan Travel Bureau Have a good Tuesday Magda Magda Pronunciation

	Philip  +  318890 Tue, 23 Jan 07 04:05 PM  The17pointscale wrote: As I was looking at these abbreviations, I wondered how someone might know that UCLA isn't pronounced uck lah (I suppose that it would be an unfortunate moniker). Are there any universities that are abbreviated as acronymns? I can't think of any. Maybe the University of Pennsylvania is UPENN? I graduated from SPU and an occasional visitor mockingly referred to it as spew, but it was officially known as ess pea you. -Andrew Living in Seattle, you most likely know that the University of Washington (UW) is known as U-Dub. (I live just 5 minutes away from "spew".) Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Abbreviations, Universities, Pronunciation