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Originally Posted by nyclin
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if sow is an acronym, we would pronounce it as ESS OH DUBYA
if sow is an initialism, then it would be pronounced as "sow" or "sew" depending on how inbred you are |
You have this backword. NTSB, FBI, CIA, NAACP, NCAA, are all initialisms. As they are pronounces as a string of individual letters.
NASA, RADAR, SONAR, WASP, SOW, DOT, are acronyms as they are pronounced as singular words.