Brit Writing Style

When I read the headline, "Ulez expansion sees cameras destroyed and police scuffle with furious protesters," I thought "Ulez" was a location; Northern Ireland came to mind. The acronym written in all uppercase letters, "ULEZ" would have avoided the confusion.

What say you?

Agree.

acronyms should always be all caps...

Right. That's why UPS is always pronounced "OOPS".

i worked with a guy who called it "ups"...


R(rhymes with cups)P

Trust me on this, it's OOPS!

But then, there are acronyms like scuba (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus), radar (radio detection and ranging) and lazer (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) that are thought of as common nouns instead of acronyms.

In the case of the example I presented, I would use all uppercase letters because it would avoid confusion seeing as how the acronym is a coinage.

Heh, that's more precisely referred to as an initialism where each letter of the word is pronounced.

How would one pronounce "FBI" as an acronym, "fbeye," "fbee"?

I've heard 'feebe', but that's hardly an acronym.

Ef-bee-eye

Are you planning on driving in London?

I have been driving there recently, and I'm not confused.

If you had been following the story you'd have known Ulez stopped being an acronym along time ago.

It's a proper noun, and one that has caused a lot of controversy.

Made me laugh!!!