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Mine is OOO for Out Of Office. I always misread it in my head like a ghost and it takes me a few seconds to process. It also doesn't translate to speechβ€”you have to say the whole thing.

Interested to see if others have similar acronyms they beef with.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Any English speaking country? "Gee-ess-dou-ble-u". 5 syllables.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

Yeah, you're right, I'm wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not the south! Gee-ess-dub-ya ftw.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Hate to burst, but I believe "dub-y-ah" would still be 3. Even though it's fast enough that it's barely perceptible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Nah, dubyah is two syllables dub-yah. Unless you somehow make yeah into a two syllable word.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

There's a context here though, namely that it is preceded by a "bh". But I'll concede.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's most assuredly not another syllable. Dub, as in I dub thee. Ya, as in ya, I know. There's a glide across a very sliiiiiight E sound, but it's also present when you just say "ya", it's more "e-ya". So either "ya" is two syllables, or dub-ya is two.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'm inclined to go either way on this one. It's very slight.