Why is the name of the organization NAACP always spoken as the "N. double-A. C. P." and not just "N.A.A.C.P."?
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Sounds cooler that way lol i dont know for sure.
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Vowel sounds tend to sound as one when pronounced together. Similarly, there was an Aamco Transmissions chain when I was growing up. Their jingle was double-A M C O. Obviously there are everyday examples where both the vowels are pronounced, like A A for that organization where people get up in front of strangers and profess so some profound inability to control substance intake.
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The insurance company is known as Triple A not AAA It sounds better to my ear. Although to be honest with you I have never heard of the NAACP being called the NdoubleACP. Perhaps it is regional. On the west coast I have heard it referred to as the NAACP only. :)
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Both have been used.
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The "double" seems to have more of a ring to it.
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