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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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] victorz 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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. 😁

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] victorz 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

😄 Okay that's too generous lol. I know of certain things, but I know I'm dumb as shit about other stuff. ❤️

[–] troglodytis 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's a klobasnek, not a kolach. No man, kolache is plural, but that's still a klobasnek

[–] victorz 2 points 10 months ago

See? I don't know wtf any of that means!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

SQL

Nobody but me wants to adopt this, but I insist this should be "squeal".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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