• ren (a they/them)
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      101 year ago

      That’s not how acronyms as words works. AIDS isn’t pronounced “Uh-ids” like the A in acquired.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      Letters are pronounced differently in acronyms than in the original words all the time. Take POTUS, for example; the O and U are not the sounds in “of” or “United”.

      • @Lizardking27
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        1 year ago

        You mean you guys haven’t been saying “puh-thyoos” all this time?