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DScratch@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Acronyms vs Initialisms

No one is going to try pronounce Fbi, it’s awkward.

There are terms that bridge the Acronym/Initialism divide. SQL-Sequel, URL-Earl and GUI-Gooey are some that come up fairly regularly in my line of work.

The bottom line is; Language is used to communicate concepts. We are lazy and do it as efficiently as we can get away with. The rules have changed a LOT to get us where we are today. It would be blind hubris to think the change will stop just because we don’t like it.

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swordgeek@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’ve been in IT for over 30 years and never once heard someone try to make an acronym of URL.

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N0x0n@lemmy.ml ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Funny enough… I do say S.Q.L or U.R.L 😅

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- bhamlin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Squirrel and Earl
  
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- VeryVito@lemmy.ml ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Me too. And I say them on the World Wide Web, which is quicker to say than the WWW.
  
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  - KoboldCoterie@pawb.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Dub Dub Dub
    
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    swordgeek@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    That never really caught on though.
    
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  - N0x0n@lemmy.ml ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    On the W.W.W or Www?
    
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- adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  SQL, back in 2015, officially transitioned from being pronounced Sequel to being pronounced EssQueueEll.
  
  I still call it Sequel.
  
  Then again, I say U R L, but also pronounce URI as Yuri. I also say L O L instead of Loll and I R L instead of Earl.
  
  And then there’s mixed acronyms like Jaypeg and Empeg.
  
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- Goun@lemmy.ml ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yup, those are contested
  
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