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NEC: is it "neck" or N-E-C? zeb7k 11-03-2006
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Posted by mm on November 6, 2006, 9:41 am


On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:16:19 -0600, Mark Lloyd

>wrote:
>
>>zeb7k@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> Hi, I just wanted to find out how professsional electricians refer to
>>> the National Electrical Code. Do they spell it out or do they
>>> pronounce it "neck"?
>>
>>People don't say oosa, fibbee, or niba. They say USA, FBI and NBA.
>>Same with the nec. ;)
>>
>>
>
>Unlike those, NEC does sound like a word. People often do say those as
>words.
>
>I grew up at the time of the Apollo program. They had a lot of those
>initials that got pronounced as words, like Portable Life Support
>System and Lunar Excursion Module that were usually pronounced "pliss"
>and "limb".

I always pronounced that, or at least heard it as, lem!

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Posted by Mark Lloyd on November 6, 2006, 6:55 pm


wrote:

>On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:16:19 -0600, Mark Lloyd
>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>zeb7k@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> Hi, I just wanted to find out how professsional electricians refer to
>>>> the National Electrical Code. Do they spell it out or do they
>>>> pronounce it "neck"?
>>>
>>>People don't say oosa, fibbee, or niba. They say USA, FBI and NBA.
>>>Same with the nec. ;)
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Unlike those, NEC does sound like a word. People often do say those as
>>words.
>>
>>I grew up at the time of the Apollo program. They had a lot of those
>>initials that got pronounced as words, like Portable Life Support
>>System and Lunar Excursion Module that were usually pronounced "pliss"
>>and "limb".
>
>I always pronounced that, or at least heard it as, lem!

At the time, I had trouble with the schwa sound. I guess I'm
remembering that.
--
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Mark Lloyd
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"God was invented by man for a reason, that
reason is no longer applicable."

Posted by Goedjn on November 3, 2006, 10:16 am


wrote:

>zeb7k@hotmail.com wrote:
>> Hi, I just wanted to find out how professsional electricians refer to
>> the National Electrical Code. Do they spell it out or do they
>> pronounce it "neck"?
>
>People don't say oosa, fibbee, or niba. They say USA, FBI and NBA.
>Same with the nec. ;)
>

TLAs (Three letter acronyms) are usually spelled out.
Longer acronyms are usually pronounced, if the result
is pronouncable.

That's why it's

D.O.D. and E.P.A and "FEMA"

Generally with adjectives inserted.




Posted by on November 3, 2006, 1:49 pm



Goedjn wrote:
> wrote:
>
> >zeb7k@hotmail.com wrote:
> >> Hi, I just wanted to find out how professsional electricians refer to
> >> the National Electrical Code. Do they spell it out or do they
> >> pronounce it "neck"?
> >
> >People don't say oosa, fibbee, or niba. They say USA, FBI and NBA.
> >Same with the nec. ;)
> >
>
> TLAs (Three letter acronyms) are usually spelled out.
> Longer acronyms are usually pronounced, if the result
> is pronouncable.
>
> That's why it's
>
> D.O.D. and E.P.A and "FEMA"
>
> Generally with adjectives inserted.

I hadn't the slightest idea what a TLA was. Then I looked it up at
Wikipedia. Geez, must be a lot of lonely people out there.


Posted by Steve Barker LT on November 3, 2006, 10:02 pm


It's not an acronym unless it's pronounced as a word. If spelled out, or it
doesn't make a word it's just an abbreviation.

Then you have the people who insist on being redundant. Some examples:
vin number
nic card
pin number

this drives me up a wall when people say these.

--
Steve Barker



> wrote:
>
>>zeb7k@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> Hi, I just wanted to find out how professsional electricians refer to
>>> the National Electrical Code. Do they spell it out or do they
>>> pronounce it "neck"?
>>
>>People don't say oosa, fibbee, or niba. They say USA, FBI and NBA.
>>Same with the nec. ;)
>>
>
> TLAs (Three letter acronyms) are usually spelled out.
> Longer acronyms are usually pronounced, if the result
> is pronouncable.
>
> That's why it's
>
> D.O.D. and E.P.A and "FEMA"
>
> Generally with adjectives inserted.
>
>
>



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