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Jiv me a break (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Jraphic interface format really sounds right /s

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

National Aeronautics and Space Uhdministration /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think it's because words that end with sa, have that uh sound. Like Medusa, salsa, mesa, mimosa

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Right, in other words, acronym pronunciation has nothing to do with how the letters that compose it are pronounced in their respective words.

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