The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldexternal-linkmessage-square306fedilinkarrow-up1933arrow-down111
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minus-squareDerpgon@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·15 days 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-squareDevjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-214 days agoThe ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC (the american agency) is not pleased.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days agoThat’s an initialism, not an acronym. Though the guy you’re replying to is saying initialisms shouldn’t exist past 3 letters, soooo…?
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.
The ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC (the american agency) is not pleased.
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…?