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The most viral/popular acronyms are easily pronounceable, I think. Acronyms like lol, rofl, afaik, imho etc. Not that you go around saying them all the time, bu
by Wintamute 14y ago
The most viral/popular acronyms are easily pronounceable, I think. Acronyms like lol, rofl, afaik, imho etc. Not that you go around saying them all the time, but you can easily pronounce them in your own head so I think they tend to stick there and flow into your text easily. Maybe something along the lines of "sro" (short reply ok) would be better ...
- TylerE 14y agoI fail to see how "vis-ree" is any harder to pronounce thatn "roff-ull", "af-ack", or "em-ho"
- raldi 14y agoHow do you pronounce "RSVP"?
- Leszek 14y agoAresveepee, obviously. Rolls off the tongue.
- andrewflnr 14y agoViyesaro? I'm tempted to put an accent on the last "o"... Edit: um, viyesaree. Someone suggested VSRO elsewhere, for "very short reply OK" and I liked that a lot better, apparently.
- Mindless2112 14y ago"rizvup" according to a Charlie Brown cartoon -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRLhfL1UZoM#t=432s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRLhfL1UZoM#t=432s
- openmx 14y agoYou pronounce lol, rofl, afaik, imho? Talk about awkward.
- ycombobreaker 14y agohow else would we say "roflcopter"? I never say AFAIK aloud, but I do always pronounce it "a fake" in my head when typing.
- TylerE 14y agoRofl I've always pronounced (on the rare occasions that I do), as rhyming approximately with 'waffle".