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Do you say acronyms in your head

  • 21-08-2017 01:19PM
    #1
    IR1SH RANG3R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 347 ✭✭


    Bored in work and thinking about this. When you see an acronym written down do you say the acronym or the words in your head when reading?

    For example when I see OP on here I always think/read/say in my head Original Poster rather than OP. So am I alone and have I wasted half my life thinking these words? :P


Comments

  • #2
    clintondaly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭clintondaly


    Yes


  • #3
    Benjamin Buttons
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭Benjamin Buttons


    Naviq
    Not a very interesting question


  • #4
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Acronyms for me. They are as much a part of speech and thought process as they are the written form. I'd never think "North Atlantic Treaty Organisation"


  • #5
    somesoldiers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,846 ✭✭✭✭somesoldiers


    that's actually called an "initialism" but hey
    acronyms are pronounced in one like NASA, we don't say N.A.S.A if we did it would be an initialism


  • #6
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,762 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Try saying Lysergic acid diethylamide every time you hear or read the letters LSD - doesn't work for me but I still know what LSD stands for.


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  • #7
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,245 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    ROFL


  • #8
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,762 ✭✭✭my3cents


    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    ROFL

    FFS :D


  • #9
    begbysback
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭begbysback


    Greatest acronym ever

    WYSIWYG


  • #10
    LionelNashe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,958 ✭✭✭LionelNashe


    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    ROFL

    Always makes me think of:

    Rowlf_the_Dog.jpg


  • #11
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,307 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    This thread is fubar.


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  • #12
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,937 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    AFAIK I don't do this.


  • #13
    clintondaly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭clintondaly


    R.O.T.F.L.B.T.C.D.I.C.A.J.T.T.W.A.D.B.S.I.H.P.W.T.R.H.I.T.S.B.K.A.B.A.Y.B


  • #14
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,371 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    I convert them to words of their own by adding vowels as needed to help them roll off the tongue easier.

    For example: LPT -> Luppet

    Have you paid the luppet this year?


  • #15
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,811 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    Ubbquittious wrote: »
    I convert them to words of their own by adding vowels as needed to help them roll off the tongue easier.

    For example: LPT -> Luppet

    Have you paid the luppet this year?

    I say DNA as "Dnaaaaaah!"


  • #16
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    I say 'acronym'.


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