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It's not like GIF/JIF is pronounced "G I F". Like "Laser" isn't pronounced "L A S E R".
by qwertox 5y ago
It's not like GIF/JIF is pronounced "G I F". Like "Laser" isn't pronounced "L A S E R".
- khazhoux 5y agoHis point wasn't about acronyms. The A is laser is for amplification -- which is pronounced with short A. As the U in scuba is for underwater, yet scuba rhymes with tuna instead of tundra.
- InitialLastName 5y agoThe "S" in laser is for "stimulated" but nobody pronounces it to rhyme with "bracer".