RE: ID or Id?

["Bhattacharyya, Rakhi (Cognizant)" <BRakhi -at- cal -dot- cognizant -dot- com>]

Jan Henning wrote:

>
> When abbreviations are spoken letter by letter, they are written in 
> all uppercase. Since "ID" is spoken "eye-dee", it must be written 
> "ID". "Id" would be spoken "id".

Anthony Davey wrote:

>Telling us how to pronounce words, now.  Is this some type of "ego" trip?

Jan's tip on writing 'ID' was helpful and succinct, not a pronunciation
guide at all. Perhaps some of us are more concerned about the supposed
subliminal reasoning behind a contribution to the list rather than the
actual information/help offered.

Have a good weekend!

Rakhi.


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