Comment on Aids: Origin of pandemic 'was 1920s Kinshasa'Comments−waterfowl11yit's real strange to me that the BBC says "Aids" and not "AIDS" when it's an acronym. Still interesting.edit: especially when they say HIV and not Hiv−feynmanistheman11yThe Brits seem to do it for acronyms you pronounce, i.e. Fifa or Aids, but not the ones you spell out like HIV.−chriswarbo11yacronyms you pronouncethe ones you spell outIf you're looking to distinguish these, you can use the term "initialism" for the latter.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym#Nomenclature−feynmanistheman11yAh! Thanks, I knew there was a word for it.
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it's real strange to me that the BBC says "Aids" and not "AIDS" when it's an acronym. Still interesting.
edit: especially when they say HIV and not Hiv
The Brits seem to do it for acronyms you pronounce, i.e. Fifa or Aids, but not the ones you spell out like HIV.
If you're looking to distinguish these, you can use the term "initialism" for the latter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym#Nomenclature
Ah! Thanks, I knew there was a word for it.