Nov 2009
November / December Contest
November 09, 2009
Rosalyn Sega from Coconut Creek, FL, is the October
winner – Congratulations!
You hear expressions like “Please send it ASAP” which means 'as soon as possible' or “FYI” which means 'for your information.' Each letter represents a word and the name of each letter is pronounced. These expressions are commonly referred to as acronyms. However, acronyms are words made of letters representing other words but pronounced as words, not letters. Abbreviations describes words that are pronounced by the letters they contain. So, ASAP and FYI are actually abbreviations!
Now here’s the contest:
Which word is pronounced as a word, not by the names of the letters?
ID
ATM
RSVP
NASA
You hear expressions like “Please send it ASAP” which means 'as soon as possible' or “FYI” which means 'for your information.' Each letter represents a word and the name of each letter is pronounced. These expressions are commonly referred to as acronyms. However, acronyms are words made of letters representing other words but pronounced as words, not letters. Abbreviations describes words that are pronounced by the letters they contain. So, ASAP and FYI are actually abbreviations!
Now here’s the contest:
Which word is pronounced as a word, not by the names of the letters?
ID
ATM
RSVP
NASA