Re:Qantas launches inspection blitz after cracks found on Bo...
by panacea on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:27AM
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It's 'Qantas'... "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services"
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Re:Qantas launches inspection blitz after cracks found on Bo...
by isostatic on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:59AM
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Shouldn’t it be QANTAS
Re:Qantas launches inspection blitz after cracks found on Bo...
by sjwright on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @10:05AM
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Regardless of its actual origins as an acronym, it’s a company name so the correct answer can be whatever the company chooses it to be.
Re:Qantas launches inspection blitz after cracks found on Bo...
by breitling on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @09:17AM
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I believe the widely accepted (but not universal) format for acronyms is all caps if each letter pronounced...for example MIT. Only the first letter is capitalized if hte acronym is pronounced as a word...for example Nasa.
Re:Qantas launches inspection blitz after cracks found on Bo...
by lotsofpulp on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @09:40AM
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Historically, MIT is not an acronym since it’s not pronounced as a word. MIT is just an abbreviation (specifically an initialism), while NASA is an acronym.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym
I don’t think there’s any rules about capitalization and acronyms, as scuba and laser are acronyms, and not capitalized, but NASA is. I’ve also never seen Nasa, it’s always all capitals NASA.