In my defense, I’ve had a phone hang up or do weird stuff because it couldn’t tell the difference between a fingertip and an earlobe way too many times. Like, a shitty phone has nearly altered the course of my life because of this, and that’s not okay.
An acronym is a kind of initialism that can be pronounced like a word e.g. NASA. Your reasoning for why it can’t be pronounced as a word (“sequel”) depends on it not being an acronym. But, since many people do pronounce it that way, it is, in fact, an acronym and can be pronounced that way.
Aaaaaand it's over (lemmy.world)
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This is the year, guys. (i.imgur.com)
It's hard to believe (startrek.website)
I use a WM btw (lemmy.world)
Semantics: Who is more disliked? (lemmy.world)
"What's that smell?" "Just... Uhh.... Reflux from... Umm... Cosmic radiation that has its resonance captured by the deflector dish." "... Fucking what?" (startrek.website)
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