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[โ€“] WereCat@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Pacific ocean" has each "c" pronounced differently. This is just an English thing. Makes for great puns "I'm not sick, it's just a little COFFIN" but when it comes down to acronyms you guys are lost.

[โ€“] InputZero@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago

English is a mess. For example, I had ghoti for dinner last night, is a creative way to say fish.