Capital Letters

JuniperEccles | 11:15 Sun 08th Sep 2019 | Editor's Blog

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Can you please not print the British Broadcasting Corporation as Bbc when it should all be written in capitals? I'm a pedant where the English language is concerned and it aggravates me!

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Mamyalynne

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You're not getting a friendly ear with this one are you Juniper? ;-) I agree it looks scrappy when proper acronyms come out like that.

11:33 Sun 08th Sep 2019

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ToraToraTora

read this sentence bobbi: "I'm a pedant where the English language is concerned and it aggravates me! " - so the Op has unintentionally said that she is aggravated by the English Language. I don't think that was the intention.

Jackdaw33

//Consider replacing "It" with "it's misuse" in your sentence above.\\

No, 'its' misuse, not it's. The misuse of the two aggravate me!

Bobbisox1

Arh well, still over my head I'm afraid

sanmac

BBC is not, strictly speaking, an acronym. Examples of acronyms are:
NATO, OPEC, NASA, DIY. Terms such as BBC, FBI etc. are called "initialisms"; however, as is common nowadays, common-usage is slowly blurring the difference. And yes, it would be preferable to see BBC rather than Bbc.

ToraToraTora

BBC is an abbreviation.

Mamyalynne

Buenchico made a big deal of BBC not being an acronym.

I never used the term BBC in my reply.

Jackdaw33

As has been indicated, an acronym forms a word you can pronounce. BBC does not fall into this category.

Bobbisox1

Yeah Dame Allan's wins :0)

Bobbisox1

Oops 'Allen's is it Jack?

Jackdaw33

In case anyone is wondering, Dame Allan's was my old school.