March / April Contest
March 01, 2010
Rosalyn Sega from Coconut Creek, FL, is the October
winner – Congratulations!
You will hear people using expressions that are the names of letters, such as:
“Please do this ASAP” (as soon as possible)
“This is FYI.” (for your information)
“I went to the ATM.” (automated teller machine)
Now here’s the contest:
There is a rule about syllable stress for these expressions. Which syllable is stressed in abbreviations like these?
the first letter
the last letter
the middle letter
all letters are equally stressed
You will hear people using expressions that are the names of letters, such as:
“Please do this ASAP” (as soon as possible)
“This is FYI.” (for your information)
“I went to the ATM.” (automated teller machine)
Now here’s the contest:
There is a rule about syllable stress for these expressions. Which syllable is stressed in abbreviations like these?
the first letter
the last letter
the middle letter
all letters are equally stressed