Include it, or say it, not both!
Ok, so I have noticed something lately about certain acronyms and abbreviations...
Watching all of this stuff on TV and reading it in the paper about the BRAC COMMISSION. (They spared Portsmouth, but closed Brunswick Naval Air Station in Maine and unfortunately, close Fort Monmouth back home in NJ.)
Everyone keeps saying the BRAC Commission this and the BRAC Commission that...the acronym B-R-A-C is "Base closure and Realignment COMMISSION" so we keep saying the Base closure and Realignment COMMISSION COMMISSION. Could we not just be a little racey and call it the BRA COMMISSION? Or just say "The BRAC."
We do this with other things. The HIV Virus, ATM Machine and Microsoft Windows 2000's splash screen says "Featuring NT Technotogies" when NT stands for New Technology!
So I say, include it in the abbreviation or say it, but enough of the redundancy!
Watching all of this stuff on TV and reading it in the paper about the BRAC COMMISSION. (They spared Portsmouth, but closed Brunswick Naval Air Station in Maine and unfortunately, close Fort Monmouth back home in NJ.)
Everyone keeps saying the BRAC Commission this and the BRAC Commission that...the acronym B-R-A-C is "Base closure and Realignment COMMISSION" so we keep saying the Base closure and Realignment COMMISSION COMMISSION. Could we not just be a little racey and call it the BRA COMMISSION? Or just say "The BRAC."
We do this with other things. The HIV Virus, ATM Machine and Microsoft Windows 2000's splash screen says "Featuring NT Technotogies" when NT stands for New Technology!
So I say, include it in the abbreviation or say it, but enough of the redundancy!
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