On 7/24/00, regarding " [thelist] Two Questions ", Greg Strange offered the following: >are read as acronyms and not as a word. For example, one of the companies I >do work for is ICA which is apparently read as ick-a whenever they go to it. try it like this: do work for is I. C. A. which is apparently read as ick-a whenever they go to it. Later....JS