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What is your least favourite acronym?
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Not an acronym. Unless you pronounce it "Muttaguh" or something?
this guy going around saying "oosa" instead of USA 😂
Is that not what it’s called???
Oosa Jar Jar Binks
It sounds like you’re saying “You ass”
Who me? Or the one I was replying to, right? 😄
Acronyms can be pronounced as words, like NASA and UNESCO; as individual letters, like CIA, TNT, NPC, BLM, and ATM; or as both letters and words, like JPEG (JAY-peg), CSIS (SEE-sis), and IUPAC (I-U-pak). Some are not universally pronounced one way or the other, and it depends on the speaker's preference or the context in which it is being used, such as SQL (either "see-kwel" or "ess-cue-el").
Come on now. We know this is only because people usually don't know the difference, not because it's correct. Acronyms are pronounced as words, initialisms are spoken one letter at a time. Every article I've clicked says the same thing, confirming what I said. I'm doubling down. 😁
Eh, I know I'm supposed to fight my way up this hill and take it, but I'm just so damn tired. You're most correct. I acquiesce and stand in awe of your wisdom and grace.
😄 Okay that's too generous lol. I know of certain things, but I know I'm dumb as shit about other stuff. ❤️
Nobody but me wants to adopt this, but I insist this should be "squeal".
It's weird, when I say SQL I pronounce it sequel. But I pronounce MySQL as my-s-q-l. Never thought about squeal. Maybe that's for sqlite? Squealite