CIA? You must mean see-yah.

DNA? You must mean dina.

RSS? You must mean arses.

HTML? You must mean aitchtimol.

    • huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      yeah, but there is a difference between countries in acronym/initialism pronunciation attitude. i think english speaking countries spell a lot of them out even when they’re perfectly pronouncable. other languages fall more on the “pronounce it as a word if at all possible” end of the spectrum.