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What is your least favourite acronym? (lemmy.nz)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (9 children)

W does that in acronyms. Compare syllables in World Wide Web…

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

    "Dubya" is one syllable, maybe two depending on your particular accent

    Edit: Unfortunately I was extremely stoned at the time of this message and that should have been "[...] two syllables, maybe one depending [...]" but I'm leaving it up as evidence of my dumbshittery since it spawned discussion. Don't do drugs kids

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    In what accent is "dub-ya" one syllable?

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Some parts of texas

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