+154 NASCAR is one of the few acronyms that actually makes sense when you sound it out, amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

You know.... It never even crossed my mind that it was an acronym for something. What does it mean??

by Anonymous 11 years ago

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Ooooh! Yeah, it does make more sense. I guess SCUBA would be one that makes sense too.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I get the CAR, but what would the NAS mean in your sense? "Nasty"?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

NASCAR ins't an acronym. An acronym must be said letter by letter not formed into a word.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

As if people don't pronounce ASAP as "ay-sap." or PETA as "pee-tuh".

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I thought an acronym is when the letters can be pronounced as if they were words themselves, and that initialisms were the ones that can't be pronounced as a word. Correct me if I'm wrong though...

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That's an abbreviation. The 'nym' in acronym means it's also a word on it's word. Or else the Arcane Capturing Rod of Never Yielding Mystery wouldn't be funny.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

http://www.omg-facts.com/Language/An-acronym-is-only-an-acronym-if-you-say/50802

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Also abbreviation is unrelated to acroynms, they are just when a word is shortened to make it easier, for example etc is an abbreviation

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well all acronyms/initialisms are abbreviations, but not all abbreviations are acronyms/initialisms...? Well that's what I understood. So in a way abbreviations are related to acronyms.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Sorry I got it backwards.

by Anonymous 11 years ago