Acronym Pronunciations
Posted by Richard on Monday, 5 August 2002As a (welcome?) departure from my tales of non-existant woe (ToNEW for short), I hereby give you a Dreamweaver-created (out of laziness) table of the way I pronounce computer-related acronyms. I haven't seen SCSI used very often lately (must be pass� already) but the others are still used pretty often.
| Acronym | Standard pronunciation | Way I pronounce it |
|---|---|---|
| MySQL | My-sequel | My-Ess-Cue-Elle |
| SCSI | Scuzzy | Scizzy |
| LOL | Lawl | Elle-Oh-Elle |
| GUI | Gooey | Gee-You-Eye |
| :P | *actually sticking out tongue* | Colon-Pee |
Just kidding about the last one. I don't actually say "colon-pee" when I want to stick my tongue out at someone. I just stick out my tongue. And I pronounce the acronym ToNEW Toh-noo. But it's not a real acronym, so nevermind. But I usually spell out acronyms, because acronyms-as-words is just plain silly. Hell, I'm not even sure of the standard pronunciations of any of them. It's just that since I don't ever really hear them that often, I decided to make up my own pronunciations.
Is there anyone else who defiantly pronounces acronyms in a non-standard way like I do?