My usual method (others too I'd dare say judging by what I hear) is to say
acronyms as words rather than spelled out unless the resulting word sounds to be
nonsense or unpronounceable.  So to me POV is pahv.

Bob

"Josh English" <eng### [at] spiritonecom> wrote in message
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| I have always understood that "POV" was always spelled out. I've
| corrected people who have pronounced it as one word. I imagine that
| there are more common computing terms that are not pronounced as one
| word than those that are. We say "M-B" or "Megabyte" instead of "mib"
| but we do say "basic" instead of "beginners all-purose symbolic
| instruction code" or whatever it stands for.
|
| Josh
|
| Steve Martin wrote:
|
| > Forgive me for this admittedly anal question, but I got to
| > wondering after reading all these "Linux is pronounced..."
| > threads.
| >
| > How is "POV-Ray" officially pronounced? Is it "PAHV-ray"
| > (as I've always thought of it), "PEE-OH-VEE-ray", or
| > something else?
| >
| > Is there even an "official" pronunciation? Is this a
| > question for the Team?
|
| --
| Josh English
| eng### [at] spiritonecom
| "May your hopes, dreams, and plans not be destroyed by a few zeros."
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