[AccessD] OT: asap?

[Ryan W]

It’s actually an initialism if each letter is sounded separately such as CPU and A.S.A.P (and not aye-sap)



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> On Feb 20, 2018, at 11:00 AM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:
> 
> I beg to differ.  I generally pronounce it as "aye-sap", not "aye ess aye pee".
> 
> If it pronounced as a word it is an acronym, regardless of whether or not it appears in a 
> dictionary.  It is only an abbreviation if each letter is sounded separately.
> 
>> On 20 Feb 2018 at 11:02, Arthur Fuller wrote:
>> 
>> Francisco,
>> 
>> Just a minor comment. ASAP is not an acronym but rather an
>> abbreviation. The difference is that an acronym forms a word in
>> itself, for example SPECTRE (from the James Bond books and movies)
>> while FBI is not a word and is therefore an abbreviation. ASAP, while
>> pronouncable, is not a word.
>> 
>> Arthur the pedant
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