The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square273linkfedilinkarrow-up1928arrow-down10
arrow-up1928arrow-down1imageMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square273linkfedilink
minus-squareDerpgon@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThree letter acronyms are the most I am willing to pronounce separately. More than that - if it doesn’t have an obvious correct pronounciation, maybe the author should’ve used their brain instead of some dumb not so straightforward pronounciation.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s an initialism, not an acronym. Though the guy you’re replying to is saying initialisms shouldn’t exist past 3 letters, soooo…?
minus-squareDevjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoThe ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC (the american agency) is not pleased.
Three letter acronyms are the most I am willing to pronounce separately. More than that - if it doesn’t have an obvious correct pronounciation, maybe the author should’ve used their brain instead of some dumb not so straightforward pronounciation.
counterpoint, RTFM 🤷
That’s an initialism, not an acronym.
Though the guy you’re replying to is saying initialisms shouldn’t exist past 3 letters, soooo…?
The ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC (the american agency) is not pleased.