• PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      As the initialism it is. It’s impossible to mispronounce, or have multiple competing pronunciations for initialisms as the names of letters are contextually static. Yes C can make different sounds in words, but if you’re just saying the name of the letter, there’s only one way to say it.

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        It always surprises me when people can spend this much time writing something up and miss the greater point even if the specifics can be challenged. The greater point, of course is the ‘c’ changes based upon phonomes.

        Your point is valid, but ‘c’ is also has competing pronunciations in an acronym. Here’s an example.

        CERT - Computer Emergency Response Team

        The larger gif pronunciation has nothing to do with with the fact that the g stands for graphic. It is irrelevant to the larger topic and is a tangent.