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Why is it "DPRK" and "ROC" and not something like "DPROC and ROK" or some other variant? (hexbear.net)

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Are the C and the K interchangeable? Why does the "of" in Republic of Corea get in thr acronym while "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" ditches the "of" in the acronym?

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[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

In Arabic too, most vowel sounds are determined by object/subject position and case. So all words are written as 'acronyms' and the vowels are contextually relevant. Consequently, any block of letters can be read as a word because that is the default for the language.