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What is your least favourite acronym? (lemmy.nz)
submitted 10 months ago by thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Mine is OOO for Out Of Office. I always misread it in my head like a ghost and it takes me a few seconds to process. It also doesn't translate to speechβ€”you have to say the whole thing.

Interested to see if others have similar acronyms they beef with.

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

In what accent is "dub-ya" one syllable?

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Some parts of texas

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Anything more than "dub" will be 2+ syllables.

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The b is silent and the vowels ran together

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've heard some folks where it comes out more akin to "dubby"

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 months ago

Dub-by is still 2 syllables