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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink26•6 days agoInitialisms, technically. But thank you nevertheless.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•6 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-2•6 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•6 days 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.
fixed ty