• @lanolinoil
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    141 year 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
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      -51 year ago

      I was addressing “The letter G itself is pronounced with the “j” sound.” because letters can make more than one sound.

      • @lanolinoil
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        1 year ago

        right but their position relative to other letters form syllables and does have (some) rules. GIF GI-F, like Gi-raf-fe