How do we pronounce acronyms in English?

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Today’s question is about how to pronounce acronyms – terms like CEO – do we say their letters, or do we pronounce them as a word?

It depends!

I’d say most of them we say their letters – like CEO, BBC, UFO, and Ph.D.

But there are some that are pronounced like a word – such as NASA, UNESCO, and AIDS.

Can you think of more examples? Here is a good list of different types of acronyms!

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