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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[–] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

Did you know that acronyms are types of words?

And many modern words are elisions and concatenations of words we no longer use.

Where do you stand on OK, where it’s actually a word, or laser and modem which are nouns with specific meanings even though they were derived originally?

What about coke instead of coca cola, cocaine and compressed coal?

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