I’ve discovered that the acronym for the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) is often a point of confusion. My friends who do not know the school will email me about my new upcoming job at “RSID” and “RDSI.” The good news is that they get the first R correctly.

Initially I thought that if they got the pronunciation correctly then the spelling might come naturally. Nope. If RISD were founded in 1877, I wonder exactly when it became known unofficially as “RIZ-dee”? If anyone out there knows please do contact Our RISD. Thank you.