Pronouncing ROTC

[Anonymous]

My dad did ROTC in undergraduate and was drafted for Korea. He says rotsy.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Md in a county that owed its prosperity to the local navy base. We always spelled it. I had no idea what people were talking about when I first heard it pronounced as a word.

[Anonymous]

I worked at a university that had "regular" (army) ROTC, along with Navy and Air Force ROTC. I always heard people call the regular army one Rotsy but the others were spelled out N-R-O-T-C and A-F-R-O-T-C

[Anonymous]

Spell the letters.

[Anonymous]

I have heard it both ways. My Navy husband did ROTC and says each letter individually. I do think that I have heard more army people call it "rotsy"

[Anonymous]

Growing up in Southern California, we always spelled out the letters at our ROTC in my high school.

Only when I went to college on the East Coast, did i hear referred to as “Rotsy.”

It varies by region.

[Anonymous]

I was today years old when I learned people said rotsy and not ROTC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My military bros used to pronounce it as ROTK. like "rot-ke" . Apparently the only true hardcore military way to say it.

So very American. Can't fight but must sound cool. LOL.

[Anonymous]

Also from CA, and a Military family. We always say each letter. Have never heard anyone say rotsy.

[Anonymous]

Commissioned from Army ROTC - spell the letters

[Anonymous]

Had three ROTC friends in college. They all called it "rotsy."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Husband was ROTC at Georgetown (GW actually as GT didn’t have its own program). Calls it Rotsy.

+1 from NY, would normally say the letters. Went to Georgetown and had friends in the program. All called it Rotsy.

[Anonymous]

Rot- see

[Anonymous]

Are Owe Tea See

[Anonymous]

ROTC admiral dad says rotsey.