Talk:Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

Latest comment: 9 years ago by 72.200.151.13 in topic Requested move 11 September 2015

Requested move 11 September 2015

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The result of the move request was: moved. No prejudice against a future RM discussing whether it should be spelled out in full. Jenks24 (talk) 13:21, 20 September 2015 (UTC)Reply



ComSubPacCOMSUBPAC – Official capitalization, which is already in primary use throughout the article. – 72.200.151.13 (talk) 04:50, 11 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

@ComSubLant: This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:02, 11 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
Yes. It is. COMmander, SUBmarine Force, U.S. PACific Fleet 72.200.151.13 (talk) 05:47, 11 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Just an addendum: the two terms are frequently used interchangeably anyway, but generally speaking, in an initialism, all the letters are pronounced separately: FBI, CIA, NSA, etc.. In an acronym, the term is spoken as if it were a word: NATO, LASER, RADAR, etc. COMSUBPAC and COMSUBLANT are spoken as words. Hence, acronyms. Also, I wouldn't be opposed myself to simply writing out the whole thing in both cases, but COMSUBPAC and COMSUBLANT just hit my eyes and ears better. 72.200.151.13 (talk) 00:30, 26 September 2015 (UTC)Reply