• MothBookkeeper@lemmy.world
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      Right, because Gs are never pronounced with a “J” sound, and acronyms are never pronounced differently than their full terms. Sound logic there; well done. Never mind any of these:

      NASA- National Aeronautics Space Uhdministration

      NATO- North Ayy-tlantic Treaty Organization

      LASER- Light Ayy-mplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

      SCUBA- Self Contained Oonderwater Breathing Uhpparatus

      FOMO- Fear ohhf missing ohht

      ASAP- Ayys soon ayys possible

      POC- People ohhf solor

      PIN- Personal id-entification number

      BOGO- Buy ohhn get ohhn

      POTUS- President ohhf the Uhhnited States

      YOLO- You only live ohhnce

      AWOL- Ayy-bsent without awfficial leave

      ICE- Eyemmigration and Sustoms Enforcement

      DARE- Drug Ayybuse Resistance Education

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        NASA - National Ah-ronautics and Space Uh-dministration

        LASER - Light Ay-mplification by Ztimulated Eh-mission of Radiation

        ICE - Eye-mmigration and Sustoms -nforcement (E is silent)

        DARE - Drug Ay-buse Resistance -ducation (ditto)

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        There’s no logic being applied. This is just sports mentality in tech. Like spaces vs. tabs, Emacs vs. vim, Python vs. R, or one of countless others.

        But could you imagine if you created a digital standard used by billions everyday and then most people refused to pronounce the name you gave it? Same energy given off by the “anti pronoun” crowd.

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          Right, in other words, acronym pronunciation has nothing to do with how the letters that compose it are pronounced in their respective words.