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How do YOU say APO?

Started by jwhitby, 10/09/2003 01:44PM
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John Whitby
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1. a-po ('a' like in apple)

2. ay-po (long 'a')

3. A-P-O (say the letters individually)
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I hear 3 sometimes, but that makes no sense to me; it's not an acronym, it's short for "apochromatic". Honestly, I'm not sure how to say "apochromatic"; I just say Ay-Po.
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I say it "AY poh" and care not one wit whether anybody thinks that is correct or not. If you want to be "correct", simply refrain from such a heinous abbreviation, an abbreviated adjectival noun. Yuk!
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'Why' is more interesting than 'How' :-)
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This thread illustrates the wisdom of constructing sentences to avoid using the term "APO." Like "Ophiuchus" the term "APO" must not be pronounced, only written.

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http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/3712/tapo.html
http://phcnas.tripod.com/apohikingsociety.html

:-)

FYI, I pronounce it as "ap" (like in "apple") - "o" as in "orange"
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I used to say it "wrong" until I chatted with Thomas Back at the BFSP. He pronounces it as in your #1.

I used to do #3.

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ape, dog, and cat.
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