Is there some hidden pronounciation rule I'm not aware of? And why do we say F.B.I and not FBI or U.S.B and not USB ?

I know it seems a really silly question seeing the actual situation with the ICE eveywhere on the news... But this really bothers me on why people yell ICE when it's actually the I.C.E :/.

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[–] 3 points 9 months ago

SQL, back in 2015, officially transitioned from being pronounced Sequel to being pronounced EssQueueEll.

I still call it Sequel.

Then again, I say U R L, but also pronounce URI as Yuri. I also say L O L instead of Loll and I R L instead of Earl.

And then there’s mixed acronyms like Jaypeg and Empeg.

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