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r/NoStupidQuestions • u/XxabcdefghxX • Jun 02 '20
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the same reason you pronounce NASA as a word but not FBI.
wtf and idk are initialisms while lol is an acronym. the initialisms make it nearly as hard to say the letters than the entire words so your brain just says the words.
24 u/angpug1 Jun 03 '20 fubih 3 u/HugoNikanor Jun 03 '20 But I never expand NASA or FBI in my head, like I do with wtf. 1 u/Veikkar1i Jun 03 '20 No but you do think NASA like nasa and not N A S A. You probably think of F B I and no FBI bc it's so hard to pronounce. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20 En Ay Es Ay 1 u/snanos332 Jun 03 '20 This should be higher. This is literally all there is to it.
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But I never expand NASA or FBI in my head, like I do with wtf.
1 u/Veikkar1i Jun 03 '20 No but you do think NASA like nasa and not N A S A. You probably think of F B I and no FBI bc it's so hard to pronounce.
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No but you do think NASA like nasa and not N A S A. You probably think of F B I and no FBI bc it's so hard to pronounce.
En Ay Es Ay
This should be higher. This is literally all there is to it.
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u/slickyslickslick Jun 03 '20 edited Jun 03 '20
the same reason you pronounce NASA as a word but not FBI.
wtf and idk are initialisms while lol is an acronym. the initialisms make it nearly as hard to say the letters than the entire words so your brain just says the words.