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[โ€“] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No you don't, unless you pronounce it like "nessa".

[โ€“] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago

If aer in aeronautics is pronounced like air, and the A in NASA is pronounced like the aer in aeronatucis, then NASA rhymes with mesa, not tessa.

I always pronounced NASA like naassuh, but I wanna try the mesa-rhyming version to mess with people.