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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 years ago (36 children)
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Giraffe
  • Generous

Just a few examples that come to mind. Additionally, the pronunciation of the individual words included in an acronym DOES NOT determine the pronunciation of that acronym. See SCUBA as an example.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

For your SCUBA example, is it the U you're talking about?

Underwater vs oonderwater?

Scuhba vs Scooba?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Scuhba has me laughing.

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