From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   On 6/18/25 2:59 PM, Bernard Peek wrote:   
   > On 2025-06-18, Gary McGath  wrote:   
   >> On 6/17/25 8:47 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   >>> (Or "British Capitalisation of Acronyms for Organisations", if you prefer)   
   >>>   
   >>> The Guardian and the BBC seem to write the abbreviation for "Immigration   
   >>> and Customs Enforcement" as "Ice", rather than the "ICE" used in the US.   
   >>>    But they abbreviate "United States" as "US", not "Us".   
   >>>   
   >>> What's the rule here?  Is "North American Treaty Organization" written   
   >>> as "Nato"?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I don't know if it's a rule, but I've seen other instances. British   
   >> publications tend to refer to the World Health Organization as "The   
   >> Who," which makes me think it's a music group.   
   >   
   > There are no universally accepted standards.   
   >   
   > I was taught that if the abbreviation is usually pronounced as a word then   
   > only the first letter is capitalised as it is a proper-noun, but NATO is   
   > pronounced but is usually in all caps. WHO would be pronouncable but is   
   > invariably spoken as three separate words.   
      
   FWIW, I just saw a BBC article that printed it as "Nato".   
      
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