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RE: OLoCA
- From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <BBuchbinder at niaid dot nih dot gov>
- To: "The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:12:35 -0400
- Subject: RE: OLoCA
- References: <000101c8f29c$f118bf50$9601a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
- Reply-to: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
Dave Korn wrote on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:35 PM:
> Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) wrote on 31 July 2008 00:06:
>
>> - Note: NIAID is an acronym for the National Institute of Allergy
>> and Infectious Diseases (part of the National Institutes of Health).
>> Note that the article and prepositions were not included. People who
>> work here usually spell it out but often enough pronounce it as a
>> word. What we struggle with is whether to use the definite article
>> with the acronym. Is it "NIAID is a component of NIH" or "The NIAID
>> is a component of the
>> NIH"?
>
> Surely Sir Knee-Aid was one of the Knights who say 'NIH'?
A common mistake. The knights said "NI" <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_who_say_Ni>. "NIH" differs with its terminal aspiration.
One little-known aspect of NIAID's mission is NI-AID -- giving AID to knights and others who say NI.
- Barry
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