The components of the acronym don’t inform the pronunciation of the acronym itself. There are tons of examples, but here’s one: ‘modem’ would be pronounced ‘mow deem’ instead of ‘mow dehm’ because it’s ‘modulator demodulator’. That’s the most extreme example because it takes an entire syllable from each word instead…
The components of the acronym don’t inform the pronunciation of the acronym itself. There are tons of examples, but…