Acronym Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Declension==== In languages where nouns are [[Declension|declined]], various methods are used. An example is [[Finnish language|Finnish]], where a colon is used to separate inflection from the letters: *An acronym is pronounced as a word: [[NATO]] or Nato {{IPA-fi|ˈnɑto|}} – {{lang|fi|Natoon}} {{IPA|[ˈnɑtoːn]}} 'into Nato'; another example is {{lang|fi|Nasalta}} 'from [[NASA]]' *An acronym is pronounced as letters: EU {{IPA|[ˈeːˌʔuː]}} – {{lang|fi|EU:hun}} {{IPA|[ˈeːˌʔuːhun]}} 'into [the] EU' *An acronym is interpreted as words: EU {{IPA|[euroːpan unioni]}} – {{lang|fi|EU:iin}} {{IPA|[ˈeu̯roːpɑnˌunioniːn]}} 'into [the] EU' The process above is similar to the way that hyphens are used for clarity in English when prefixes are added to acronyms: thus ''pre-NATO policy'' (rather than ''preNATO''). Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page