I mean, sorry, I probably would, but I'm not sure if I could. Do you normally say "oh emm gee double yu tee eff bee bee qu one one one" or "omgawtbubuqononon"... :)
"Lol" is probably nearly a word in its own right now (although I'd only pronounce it as a word rather than as letters when I'm being sarcastic[1]) as are a couple of the others. Most I don't use often enough to read seamlessly even in print.
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Date: 2009-12-22 09:02 pm (UTC)How?
I mean, sorry, I probably would, but I'm not sure if I could. Do you normally say "oh emm gee double yu tee eff bee bee qu one one one" or "omgawtbubuqononon"... :)
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Date: 2009-12-22 09:05 pm (UTC)oh-em-gee-double-you-tee-eff-bee-bee-queue-eleventy-one
But *normally* I pronounce acronyms as words. The WHO is slightly confusing. Not always. I say gee-cee-es-eee for example.
And I probably do say some of these as letters sometimes. Just not often.
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Date: 2009-12-22 09:59 pm (UTC)"Lol" is probably nearly a word in its own right now (although I'd only pronounce it as a word rather than as letters when I'm being sarcastic[1]) as are a couple of the others. Most I don't use often enough to read seamlessly even in print.
[1] Which admittedly I normally am.