SpeakEasy SchoolコミュのAcronyms

I was just thinking about some crazy acronyms in English. As you probably know, an Acronym is when we abbreviate some name or phrase into just letters. Some common examples are USA, HIV or even CEO. But there are some common words that you may not know are actually acronyms. Here are a couple:

LASER - Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation
SCUBA (as in scuba diving) - Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
RADAR - RAdio Detection and Ranging
AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

There are some other commonly used acronyms you may never have thought about. For example:
AM/PM - AM stands for ante-meridiem, and PM post-meridiem (before mid-day, after mid-day)
CD-ROM - Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
B.C. and A.D. (used for dates, like 1000A.D.) - B.C. stands for Before Christ, and A.D. stands for Anno Domini - in the year of our Lord.

So here is a quick test. Without using the internet, how many can you correctly guess?

1. FBI
2. NATO
3. DVD
4. UN
5. HIV
6. UPS
7. CEO
8. OPEC
9. EU
10. GTO

*bonus question - who knows what ECC stands for?

Please post your answers!!

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[1] mixiユーザー 02月22日 14:59

1.the Federal Bureau of Investigation
2.the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
3.Degital Video Disc
4.the United Nations
5.? Immune? Virus
6.?
7.Chief Executive Officer
8.the Oil? Producing? Economy? Cooperation?
9.the European? Union
10.Great Teacher Onizuka なんちゃって…

むずかしい～

[2] mixiユーザー 02月23日 12:08

5.Human Immunodecficiency Virus
6.United Percel Service
8.Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
10. Gran Turismo Omologato ( I don't know what it means

)

The rest of answers, I agree with Satomi-san

[3] mixiユーザー 02月23日 12:48

6.United Parcel Service

これは小包配達業のような組織でしょうか？？

8.Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Oilが出てきたところで、私ってばNG

でしたね…

その前に、
石油輸出国機構を石油産出国機構と思ってたところからすでに間違っておりました。

[4] mixiユーザー 02月23日 20:27

You are right, GTO stands for Gran Turismo Omologato, which is an italian term used for racing. Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche and even Mitsubishi each have their own verson of a GTO - which basically means a car that is made for racing, but is also (usually) used for normal street driving. That one is really difficult - I think Nobuko used a dictionary!

Any guess at what ECC might stand for?

[5] mixiユーザー 02月24日 08:57

ECC,Is it ECC Language School?
ECC is their founding philosophy.
ECC stands for Education,Communication and Community.

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