Comment on Why do people pronounce ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) like it's a word?
N0x0n@lemmy.ml 21 hours agoYeaah ice (water in solid state) does indeed is a word ! But the I.C.E isn’t !
I do get that we are very lazy, and it does sound better… but without context it seems like people are protesting against ice (solid water) which seems silly.
Jeeve65@ttrpg.network 21 hours ago
So, you now learned that human behaviour is often silly when observed without context
N0x0n@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
Not only without context… From the perspective of people not aware of.
Someone who knows about what ice is (solid water) this is very confusing if they don’t know about the I.C.E?
NABDad@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Briefly mildly confusing maybe. Not very confusing unless you’re already pretty confused about everything.
How are people hearing I.C.E. referred to as ICE without any context?
I don’t think anyone is confused into thinking that frozen water is racist or murdering people indiscriminately.
Or are you saying that someone said “I hate ICE”, and you thought they were talking about frozen water? Admittedly, if it was blurted out as a non sequitur with no other information it might be briefly misunderstood. Also, given the storm that hammered the U.S. recently, folks here could easily be talking about frozen water.
But all you have to do is ask for clarification.