If I had my way, 95% of the acronyms in the world would be banned.
Please don't make me say uniform resource locator, though.
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
'Trash'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Nov 06, 2009 2:25:15 pm PST #17645 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dana - Nov 06, 2009 2:26:16 pm PST #17646 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Just don't say earl, and we're fine.
Jesse - Nov 06, 2009 2:30:42 pm PST #17647 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wikipedia says it can be pronounced as an acronym or an initialism, like FAQ.
Yeah, you know, I always say you-are-ell, but I think eff-ay-queue sounds silly.
flea - Nov 06, 2009 2:31:31 pm PST #17648 of 30001
information libertarian
I believe we have discussed this before, and Plei memorably said, "if you say it earl I will FAQ your shit up."
I once memorized Prufrock while walking to breakfast in Athens Greece, over the course of a week or so.
P.M. Marc - Nov 06, 2009 2:32:11 pm PST #17649 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
URL: earl, or ewe-arr-ell? If the latter, how wrong is the former?
WRONG WRONG WRONG.
Even if some of my favorite testers and devs use it. U. R. L.
Motherfuckers.
flea - Nov 06, 2009 2:32:53 pm PST #17650 of 30001
information libertarian
See, I knew she hated it.
Zenkitty - Nov 06, 2009 2:32:57 pm PST #17651 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I say "earl" in my head (it's two syllables because I'm that Southern), but I always say ewe-are-ell out loud. I know it's wrong, but it feels so good.
-t - Nov 06, 2009 2:35:50 pm PST #17652 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I saw Ewe-are-ell and fack. VOIP sounds like a sci fi sound effect when you pronounce it that way, which I kind of like.
(aims fingers at phone) voip voip voip...stay on target...
Polter-Cow - Nov 06, 2009 2:39:11 pm PST #17653 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Please don't make me say uniform resource locator, though.
Oh, I don't think I ever knew what the hell it stood for.
Yeah, you know, I always say you-are-ell, but I think eff-ay-queue sounds silly.
Same here. I mean, Jon is not married to eff-ay-queue-wife.
Man, now my mind is poisoned. I never even conceived of pronouncing URL as "earl," and now that possibility exists in my brain and I can't get it out.
Mala - Nov 06, 2009 2:44:53 pm PST #17654 of 30001
You-are-ell and eff-ay-queue are both the only right way.
I also have this problem with SQL, which I refuse to pronounce sequel even though everybody I know does. Nor will I jump off a cliff just because they do.