There Needs to be a Poll

by ArakSOT on Aug 18, 2006 1:36 PM PDT

There are no rules to pronouncing acronyms, so there's bound to be some variation. Nonetheless, I'll bet there are some acronyms we all pronounce the same way. For example, I bet we all read AN as "ay-en" and not as "anne".

Similar to AN, other acronyms are pronounced by reading the letters aloud: I bet we all say "el-oh-el" and not "lull"; "de-el-de" and not "dild". But not all acronym's are pronounced letter by letter: I, for one, pronounce QOTM as "quote 'em".

All this by way of an introduction to a recent debate on the pronunciation of NRAF. Let Ay-En decide!

Remember, this is a vote on the pronunciation of an acronym. It is not a debate on whether I'm right or Poppy is. It is not a popularity contest between me and Poppy. Because we all know how that would turn out...

Poll

Pronounce the acronym

I thought this was a baseball blog

23 votes

nraf

12 votes

EN-raf

53 votes

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What about OPS?

My former colleague was the only one I knew who pronounced it "ops." Everybody else says oh-pee-ess.

It oughta be en-raff. Poppy ain't no NRAF; she ain't gonna tell me what I can and can't call myself.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 18, 2006 1:45 PM PDT reply actions

You down with oh-pee-ess?

Yeah, you know me!

Dorian on Bonds: "Still, I love it when Bonds wins at the game that he plays."

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Aug 18, 2006 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions

ops

I say "ops". Just like a don't call AVG ay-vee-gee...

by chri5 on Aug 18, 2006 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions

But

avg is short for the word average so I could see why one wouldn't say "ay-vee-gee". OPS is short on-base plus slugging so I could see where people would use OPS in this case (but "ops" is good too).

by Larry E on Aug 19, 2006 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions

While we're on the topic...

How many of you say my screen name like "Mick-Food", and how many say "Em-See-Food", like MC Hammer, cause you know, I'm hip like that, and how many say "What a freakin' ego-amigo this jackhole is!"?

Oh, I'm sorry, this thread wasn't supposed to be all about me? Well, somebody's got to take up the slack left by "Oh-Ay-Kay-Tee-to the double o-En".

"the reason why hitting the ball on the "sweet spot" of the bat feels so good is that the ball is contacting at the bat at a vibrational node." - salb918

by McFood on Aug 18, 2006 1:46 PM PDT reply actions

Throatwarbler Mangrove!

You crack me up, Mr. Sot.

The work left me with an undercurrent of pigginess

by Poppy on Aug 18, 2006 2:09 PM PDT reply actions

I'm winning!

I mean, EN-raf is winning, of course

"the poop stain on the collective AN pantalones." -ohad

by ArakSOT on Aug 18, 2006 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions

pffff

Just because a lot of people are wrong...

The work left me with an undercurrent of pigginess

by Poppy on Aug 18, 2006 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Hmmm...

Is it Arak-Sot or Arak-Ess-Oh-Tee?

Dorian on Bonds: "Still, I love it when Bonds wins at the game that he plays."

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Aug 18, 2006 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Pronounced "Thunderbutt."

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Aug 18, 2006 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions

It's Ay-Ar-Ay-Kay-Sot

The work left me with an undercurrent of pigginess

by Poppy on Aug 18, 2006 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions

<sings>

M-O-U-S-E...

Dorian on Bonds: "Still, I love it when Bonds wins at the game that he plays."

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Aug 18, 2006 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions

En-R-Ay-Ef

"I think every memeber of AN should send every memeber of LL 20 bucks." ~ Goose on LL

by AsGirl on Aug 18, 2006 2:28 PM PDT reply actions

I still don't know what NRAF means

Bill James on Duane Kuiper: "It's absolutely incredible that a player this bad could be given 3000 at bats in the major leagues." -- Baseball Abstract, 1982

by blueconversechucks on Aug 18, 2006 10:19 PM PDT reply actions

Non-Resident A's Fan

Most of us ;)

"Why won't everyone do what I want???" ~SportySpice

by baseballgirl on Aug 18, 2006 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions

didnt know

i was an EN-raf he he

by smasfan on Aug 19, 2006 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions

I always say NARF..

yes I know but it reminds me of pinky from pinky and the brain. Narf!

"Be in first place, then come and talk to me!!!" Erik being Erik to Angels fan at Anaheim Stadium.

by Amnesiac727 on Aug 18, 2006 10:51 PM PDT reply actions

This is an interesting diary topic

Anyone who has served in the military (or has been around it) understands acronym vernacular. Just as your friend said "ops" for OPS, it seems that the longer an acronym sticks around (sometimes they have short shelf lives) and the more and more acceptance it has garnered, the more and more people would try to shorten the acronym...and then sometimes the 'abbreviated' form of the acronym would stick. This has lead to a trend: officials who develop an acronym that already makes a word. And to take it further, the latest trend is to make a word that tries to match the subject matter of the acronym -- perhaps even for propaganda reasons. Classic case of this is that of the USA PATRIOT Act. Look it up if you do not believe me. Uniting? You're killing me congress!

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by LowcountryJoe on Aug 19, 2006 3:41 AM PDT reply actions

Hmm, link had short shelf life

Anyhow...

H.R.3162 Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)

...if you didn't alreay know, then there! There's some useless trivia for you. I bet many people have no idea that the Patriot Act is really a full fledged acronym that has quickly been abbreviated in our every day speech; that is, of course, "every day" if you're a policy wonk.

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by LowcountryJoe on Aug 19, 2006 4:19 AM PDT up reply actions