It was a groundbreaking and emotional night on Wednesday as former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner called on others to accept people “for who they are.”
“Learn as much as you can about another person to understand them better,” she said during her acceptance speech at the ESPY Awards. “This transition has been harder on me than anything I could imagine. And that’s the case for so many others besides me.”
Jenner, formerly Bruce, completed gender transition earlier this year. On Wednesday she received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The award is given annually to a person, not necessarily an athlete, who has transcended sports. Previous honorees include Nelson Mandela, Billie Jean King and Muhammad Ali.
Her children were in attendance to support her and were emotional during her touching acceptance speech.
The amazing speech was full of memorable quotes such as, “If you want to call me names, make jokes, doubt my intentions, go ahead. The reality is, I can take it. But for the thousands of kids out there coming to terms with being true to who they are, they shouldn’t have to take it.”
Did you watch? What do you think of her receiving the award?
ESPY (pronounced s-pee) is an acronym (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly). An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word or letters. But how do we know how to pronounce them? Good question!
There are three common categories:
Acronyms pronounced as words:
ESPY
YOLO
GIF
LOL
SCUBA
Acronyms pronounced as letters (Initialism):
ROFL
WTH
JK
BRB
IDK
CIA
And acronyms pronounced as either letters or words. You will hear them each way:
LOL
ASAP
Do you know these acronyms? Choose the best one for each sentence below. Good luck!
