it's an abbreviation for district attorney, so "dee ay"...
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Setanta Selected Answer
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Thu 6 Mar, 2014 09:31 am
No, it is pronounced "Dee-Ay." As is the case with many acronyms in use in the United States, the individual letters are pronounced as they are when reciting the alphabet. So, the Food and Drug Administration is called the FDA, and that is pronounced: "Eff-Dee-Ay."
My 8 year old daughter thought "LA Law" was pronounced "la law"
As in la ley?
Exactly. My daughter had not yet learned that initialisms are usually spoken as a series of letters. (Or that 'LA' stood for 'Los Angeles')
ABC: Ay Bee See
LA: Ell Ay
BBC: Bee Bee See
USA: Yew Ess Ay
NBC: Enn Bee See
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Setanta
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Fri 7 Mar, 2014 11:32 am
It's not universally done that way, though. As an example, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is referred to as OSHA. People don't say "Oh-Ess-Aitch-Ay" though, they say "Oh-shah." The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is referred to as NOAA, which is pronounced "Noh-ah." In the United States Army, the Army Security Agency, the ASA, is referred to as "assholes"--oh, wait . . . never mind . . .
It's not universally done that way, though. As an example, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is referred to as OSHA. People don't say "Oh-Ess-Aitch-Ay" though, they say "Oh-shah." The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is referred to as NOAA, which is pronounced "Noh-ah." In the United States Army, the Army Security Agency, the ASA, is referred to as "assholes"--oh, wait . . . never mind . . .
No, not universally. When I worked for the accounting branch of a UK government department, I noticed that many staff were very fond of turning any initialism containing vowel into a 'word', so that a BEC (Business Entity Code) became a 'beck', a NAC (Natural Account Code) became a 'nack', CIC (Criminal Injury Compensation) became 'kick'. However not all staff used these and you could say that saying the letters is the safer choice because it is the conventional thing to do, and is universally understood.
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Frank Apisa
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Fri 7 Mar, 2014 12:26 pm
And it shall be my duty as District Attorney not only to prosecute to the limit of the law all persons accused of crimes perpetrated within this county, but to defend with equal vigor the rights and privileges of all its citizens.
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