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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

PACE

Hi,

PACE = the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Is PACE an abbreviation or acronym?
How do you pronounce PACE?

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Top answer

It is both an abbreviation and an acronym. An acronym is an abbreviation which forms a pronounceable word, like PACE, NATO or NASA. Pronounce it as you would the common noun 'pace'.

— Rover_KE

  • It is both an abbreviation and an acronym.
  • An acronym is an abbreviation which forms a pronounceable word, like PACE, NATO or NASA.
  • Pronounce it as you would the common noun 'pace'.
  • Rover
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It is both an abbreviation and an acronym.

An acronym is an abbreviation which forms a pronounceable word, like PACE, NATO or NASA.

Pronounce it as you would the common noun 'pace'.

Rover
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Rover_KEPronounce it as you would the common noun 'pace'.
I see. Thank you!

Before we are finished with this thread...let me ask you a couple of followup questions....

Some terms can be pronounced either way (AFAIK) ...meaning either as individual letters or a single word...and I wonder which form is (in your opinion, ... in your area, ...in y
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Each initialism is treated individually by different people. I'd say if it can be read as a word, it usually is, but there are many exceptions — URL, for example.

You have to consider whether your listeners understand the acronym for a start.

I am unfamiliar with GNU so cannot comment on it.

Rover
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Richard Stallman (the inventor of GNU) pronounces it with a hard "g", as two syllables - guh-new.
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CSnyder,
Thank you very much! Emotion: shake hands
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In the US (you-ess, never uhss), URL and SAT are pronounced only as letters (you-are-ell, ess-aiy-tee), never as a single words. NATO is only pronounced as a single word (nay-tow), never as letters. UNIX is pronounced only as a single word (you-nixx), never as letters. LINUX is pronounced only as a single word (lye-nuxx, or sometimes linn-nuxx), never as letters.

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