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Xusontha to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish • 2 years ago

Which is which though?

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Which is which though?

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Xusontha to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish • 2 years ago
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  • @Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world
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    Do you pronounce origin like the state?

    Do you you also say “nay-say” when reading NASA, lol, that logic is flawed.

    I’d like to remind everyone that the rules for words amd pronunciation were documented AFTER most words, which is why it’s so inconsistent and arbitrary

    • teft
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      The acronym for NASA uses the same sounds as the words that make the acronym. Same as GIF so I’m not sure what your point is. Mine is that GIF stands for graphics interchange format and graphics starts with a hard g therefore GIF should start with a hard g.

      • @Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world
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        https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/aeronautics

        https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/agency

        Then

        https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/nasa

        They are phonetically different sounds altogether, so your argument is flawed.

        Edit: Im fucking dumb, it’s administration, not agency. Even so, my point still stands, NASA is phonetically different than the sound in aeronautics.

        https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/administration?q=administration

        • @shottymcb@lemm.ee
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          It’s the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

          • @Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world
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            Oof, I fucked that one up

            • @shottymcb@lemm.ee
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              Well Aeronautics is a hard A, so you got that going for you least :)

              Should be naysah.

      • @Tavarin@lemmy.ca
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        SCUBA, unless you pronounce underwater as oonderwater.

        Also JIF is a separate file format, so GIF should not be pronounced the same.

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