that’s a single word. When we make acronyms, they’re subject to the pronunciation rules of the new word they’ve become, not the word the letter is sourced from – This is pretty obvious if you think about it for a minute.
It’s NATO but we say atlantic
It’s SCUBA but we say underwater
lanolinoil@lemmy.world 2 years ago
that’s a single word. When we make acronyms, they’re subject to the pronunciation rules of the new word they’ve become, not the word the letter is sourced from – This is pretty obvious if you think about it for a minute.
It’s NATO but we say atlantic It’s SCUBA but we say underwater
zaph@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I was addressing “The letter G itself is pronounced with the “j” sound.” because letters can make more than one sound.
lanolinoil@lemmy.world 2 years ago
right but they’re position relative to other letters form syllables and does have (some) rules. GIF GI-F, like Gi-raf-fe