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submitted 10 months ago by thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Mine is OOO for Out Of Office. I always misread it in my head like a ghost and it takes me a few seconds to process. It also doesn't translate to speech—you have to say the whole thing.

Interested to see if others have similar acronyms they beef with.

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[-] prongs@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

Say W really slowly out loud and count the syllables. Where do you live that W isn't three syllables?

[-] Bashnagdul@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Netherlands. It's pronounced "way" here

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

So youse say way way way dot com?

[-] noli@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago
[-] ULS@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

Way way way Punt!

Scooooooorrrrrreeeee!!!!

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Putting this on a T-shirt

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