Surely, if one is being strict, an acronym is an abbreviation
pronounced as a word: eg NATO is an acronym, but OECD is not.
Pedant? Moi?
On 16 Nov 2008, at 05:04, Jay Bryant wrote:
I pronounce it the latter way (as a single syllable). I think that,
if one were being strict, it should be three syllables, as one would
do with other acronyms. With FOP, though, it amuses me to conflate
the acronym with the term for a dandy (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fop)
. Such are the perils of a Master's degree in English Literature....
Jay Bryant
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Here's a silly question: how do you pronounce FOP? Is it three
syllables,
eff-oh-pee; or is it one syllable, /fahp/ or something like that?
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