User:Al12si/Canadian abbreviations with unusual pronunciations

Many copy editors believe acronym vs initialism is a useful distinction. This page shows this distinction is artificial and useless.

Schools
People who have no connections to these schools – and alumni who graduated from OCAD too long ago – often don’t know how to pronounce these:


 * OCADU /'ouˌkædʔ'ju:/ Ontario College of Art and Design University. Note that DU is never pronounced as one syllable.
 * NSCAD /'næskæd; 'naskæd/ Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Note the inserted vowel.

Granting agencies

 * NSERC /'ɛnsr̩k/ Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. N pronounced as a letter but SERC pronounced as a word.
 * SSHRC /ʃr̩k/ Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. R pronounced syllabic.

Other institutions

 * CAMH /'kæmˌeitʃ/ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. CAM pronounced as a word but H pronounced as a letter.