In the fluorescent-lit silence of the university library’s engineering section, Maria stared at the acronym on her screen: .
Now, sitting in the late afternoon light, she practiced. “AZ-ray. AZ-ray. ASHRAE.” ashrae pronunciation
The next morning, Maria stood before her class. “According to ASHRAE Standard 55—” she began, hitting the word cleanly. In the fluorescent-lit silence of the university library’s
She imagined the founding engineers in 1894, probably arguing over the same thing. Should we just spell it out? No, too long. Fine, AZ-ray it is. sitting in the late afternoon light
“AZ-ray,” she tested. Like a ray of sun. Like a laser. Like she knew what she was talking about.
She had to present a paper on building efficiency tomorrow. But every time she tried to say the name out loud, her tongue tripped.