[Magdalen] TECnical question

[Roger Stokes]

On 04/05/2015 23:52, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> David Strang> But to the point - I tend to put the stress on the last 
> syllable of  words
>> of acronyms such as TV = television and TVA = Tennessee Valley
>> Authority, etc.  He routinely stresses the first syllable.
>
> have no idea...
>
> pondering whether TV is a true acronym as it is a shortening of a 
> word, not a stand in for two words...
>
> It is interesting that some acronyms are said as a 'word'  while 
> others, TEC included, are 'spelled'. Some are both - NASA for 
> instance. Wonder if there are any *rules* that govern this?  I'm 
> thinking not.

 From outside the US when I see TEC I mentally vocalise it as a word 
rather than a series of letters.

Roger