I’ve been in IT for over 30 years and never once heard someone try to make an acronym of URL.
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DScratch@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Acronyms vs Initialisms
No one is going to try pronounce Fbi, it’s awkward.
There are terms that bridge the Acronym/Initialism divide. SQL-Sequel, URL-Earl and GUI-Gooey are some that come up fairly regularly in my line of work.
The bottom line is; Language is used to communicate concepts. We are lazy and do it as efficiently as we can get away with. The rules have changed a LOT to get us where we are today. It would be blind hubris to think the change will stop just because we don’t like it.
swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
N0x0n@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Funny enough… I do say S.Q.L or U.R.L 😅
adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 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.
VeryVito@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 2 months ago
Dub Dub Dub
swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
That never really caught on though.
N0x0n@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
On the W.W.W or Www?
bhamlin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Squirrel and Earl
Goun@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Yup, those are contested