tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post6429132003233351248..comments2024-03-24T15:04:27.557-04:00Comments on Type M for Murder: Listening to BooksBarbara Fradkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06992196707567972990noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-53846308965554667652016-11-22T08:04:33.134-05:002016-11-22T08:04:33.134-05:00That might be it, Sybil. That might be it, Sybil. Vicki Delanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-86879054872111258042016-11-21T16:28:40.030-05:002016-11-21T16:28:40.030-05:00I don't think it's exclusively a Canadian ...I don't think it's exclusively a Canadian speech pattern. In the U.S., we certainly have some instances of turning initials into words, like NASA. I don't know anyone who calls it N.A.S.A. Though I would never have C.I.A. or N.S.A. be a word. Maybe Canadians just do it a bit more?Sybil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931984219413146614noreply@blogger.com