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minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·3 months agoInitialisms, technically. But thank you nevertheless.
minus-squareGlemek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 months agoTIL about initialisms, which are like acronyms but when you pronounce the initial letters individually instead of like a spelled out word. DVD being an initialism, versus SCUBA being an acronym.
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·3 months agoWho the hell calls a BEV a woman’s name? Bev sounds like you’re shortening Beverly. BEV and you know it’s a vehicle.
minus-squarerebelsimile@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoGood point, why say BEV when you could say BEV
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoAnd yet there’s no <initialism> html tag, and it hurts me.
Initialisms, technically. But thank you nevertheless.
TIL about initialisms, which are like acronyms but when you pronounce the initial letters individually instead of like a spelled out word. DVD being an initialism, versus SCUBA being an acronym.
Eh, BEV could go either way
Who the hell calls a BEV a woman’s name?
Bev sounds like you’re shortening Beverly. BEV and you know it’s a vehicle.
Good point, why say BEV when you could say BEV
TOMATO vs [tʰə̥ˈmeɪɾoʊ]
And yet there’s no <initialism> html tag, and it hurts me.
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