How to pronounce SoW debate

[Swish]

Slight derail but I'd never heard "meme" said before, found out that "me me" isn't the way to say it, it's obviously "meem".

Embarrassed didn't cover it, was a feeling similar to this:

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[Pscottdai]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Slight derail but I'd never heard "meme" said before, found out that "me me" isn't the way to say it, it's obviously "meem".

Embarrassed didn't cover it, was a feeling similar to this:

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Yeah, had one fo my son's correct me on the how to say it

[dafier]

Sew

[Danth]

Accents and dialect makes for fun discussion. My regional accent pronounces "sow" and "sew" identically, so that's how I pronounce the acronym for Spirit of Wolf.

Unrelated: I recall when I was in grade school one of the teachers--a transplant from Connecticut--always kept nagging us students any time she heard us pronouncing "aunt" identically to "ant" (which again is the norm in this region). She thought of it as disrespectful since on the east coast those words typically maintain separate sounds.

Totally unrelated: I grew up in the great lakes region, and apparently I'll sometimes display a hint of the northern cities shift. The wife, who grew up farther south, does not. Strangely, she displays the cot-caught merger, which is very unusual for this region. I figure it's because she grew up watching the disney channel, which is staffed by California residents for whom such pronunciation is typical.

Danth

[Neno]

"both" or "bolth"?

[Deliverator]

Originally Posted by Neno [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"both" or "bolth"?

There is no debate here. If you throw an extra letter in there you're obviously inbred.

[India]

First world problems

[nyclin]

if sow is an acronym, we would pronounce it as ESS OH DUBYA
if sow is an initialism, then it would be pronounced as "sow" or "sew" depending on how inbred you are

[Deliverator]

Originally Posted by nyclin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

if sow is an acronym, we would pronounce it as ESS OH DUBYA
if sow is an initialism, then it would be pronounced as "sow" or "sew" depending on how inbred you are

You have this backword. NTSB, FBI, CIA, NAACP, NCAA, are all initialisms. As they are pronounces as a string of individual letters.

NASA, RADAR, SONAR, WASP, SOW, DOT, are acronyms as they are pronounced as singular words.

[nyclin]

Originally Posted by Deliverator [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You have this backword. NTSB, FBI, CIA, NAACP, NCAA, are all initialisms. As they are pronounces as a string of individual letters.

NASA, RADAR, SONAR, WASP, SOW, DOT, are acronyms as they are pronounced as singular words.

yes you are correct