Date   : Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:26:33 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Grammar

"Tim Matthews" <tim.matthews@...> wrote:
> It doesn't really matter if it's an acronym or not - radar, laser,
> tardis etc. But here at the Beeb, we only capitalise if it's still
> spoken as letters - ie, BBC. if it's spoken as a word, then it's lower
> case.
> i could dig out the corporation style guide if anyone's really
> interested.
 
Acorn RISC OS Style Guide:
"It is BBC BASIC - two words, capital letters, pronounced bee bee
sea basic...
"It is RISC OS - two words, capital letters, pronounced risc oh
ess"
 
And there's me always calling it risc oss.
 
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