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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No it isn't, you pronounce an acronym as if it was its own word. The A and O in NATO are pronounced nothing like the ones in Atlantic and Organisation.

[โ€“] Viking_Hippie 1 points 1 year ago

Its own word starting with the same letter variant as the first component word.