• @andrewth09
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      43 months ago

      FBI not eff-bee-eye.

      NTP not en-tee-pee.

      RNC not arr-en-cee.

    • @[email protected]
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      33 months ago

      Because the only rational reason to spell it Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio is if they got paid by the word and they wanted to bolster their paycheck? The alternative that they somehow thought this was a good idea is even worse.

      • @[email protected]
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        33 months ago

        I’m pretty sure it was so they would look more like real names, because Star Wars treated robots (droids) like actual characters which was rare at the time.

      • JackbyDev
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        23 months ago

        Threepio and theee-pee-oh sound different so I understand it in a script. That’s it though.