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Initialism. I have a theory that the french, and americans share a love of taking acronyms/initialisms and finding a way to "pronounce" them. French company/or
by ggm 1y ago
Initialism.
I have a theory that the french, and americans share a love of taking acronyms/initialisms and finding a way to "pronounce" them. French company/organisational names appear to be chosen to be "pronouncable initialisms" such as IRCAM or INRIA. Australia has the C-S-I-R-O and you can say SI-Rho and some do. But french and americans definitely do this more. There's an ICANN (pronounced I-Can) body called the RSSAC which is AR-SACK. and SSAC which is SEC-SAC. Some initialisms defeat this. the I-E-T-F and the I-E-S-G and the I-A-B for instance. But I-ana is definitely pronounced as an I-word.
It's Jif btw.
Nobody says "sea, but bigger" for C++ and it wasn't called Cplus.
- 3np 1y agoIn the other direction, in East Asia they go "A-P-P" for app(lication) (: I think I've even overheard M-O-D for mod(ification).
- ggm 1y agoChinese shoppers for sheepskin footwear in Australia ask for U-Gee-Gees not "Uggs"
- defrost 1y agoAt least they're coming to Australia for US trademarked footwear. </glare emoji?>
- ggm 1y agoIndeed. Katie Perry fashion is about to go through the same nightmare of brand power. I don't think the little Aussie battler will win this time either. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Perry#Name_conflict https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Perry#Name_conflict