• Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    12 hours ago

    I think the real reason it’s pronounced Guh-nome, is because silent letters in acronyms.

    It’s similar to the reason why SQL sounds like ess-cue-ell instead of a version of he word sickle that sounds like there was a submarine imploding in your mouth.
    Singular letters are important in acronyms and always pronounced distinctively. And if they’re vocally strung together, that’s still distinctive.

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      5 hours ago

      SQL is an initialism, not meant to be pronounced as a word. Acronyms are supposed to be pronounced as a word, like C.H.U.D (pronounced “Chud,” stands for Cannibalistic Underground Humanoid Dwellers). For an example of the former, A.T.M is an initialism short for Automatic Teller Machine (or Ass To Mouth…).

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        9 hours ago

        Yes, but that is, from a certain linguistic perspective, mispronouced. That was it’s literal name as an acronym at one point though.

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      10 hours ago

      Three letter acronyms are the most I am willing to pronounce separately. More than that - if it doesn’t have an obvious correct pronounciation, maybe the author should’ve used their brain instead of some dumb not so straightforward pronounciation.