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In article <14kv1kINNg06@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (tuu) writes:
>In article <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins) writes:
>}Keep in mind that most computer "terms" are concatenated abbrev's.
>}In this case, SYStem OPerator.  Pronounce them accordingly.
>
>	I really dislike this argument, but I used to use it myself....
>
>	I dislike it because it's NOT true.  There are many many terms that
>are abbreviations/acronyms that are *not* pronounced the way in which the
>original words are.  There are only two I can think of at the moment, one
>of which is a computer term.
>
>	BASIC -- if the rule was true, we'd pronounce it "bahsick"
>	AMFAR -- American Foundation for Aids Research 

Your two examples are acronyms.  "Sysop" is not an acronym, but rather an
abbreviation containing entire syllables of the words from which it is derived.
I think Michael is quite correct.

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