Can F.I.S. be an acronym? (FIS)

[cantunamunch]

I generally don't say “fiss slaloms” for the skis for instance.

Except on special occasionssss? Like being cassst in the cobra partssss of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?

 

[tomahawkins]

Can we pronounce the SL too? Fissile.

 

[markojp]

Can we pronounce the SL too? Fissile.

Fo' shizzle!

 

[Wilhelmson]

Did N.A.S.A find the Ufo that crashed in the Drc?

My kids are older but I wonder about people that use weird names for things with their children. Like teaching someone to say zesty instead of tasty.

More on this though, when did it become commonplace to use these abbreviations? From typesetting? It’s not that hard to say United Kingdom.

 

[Andy Mink]

DIN or D I N?

 

[blue]

DIN or D I N?

Great point. I prefer to pronounce acronyms as if they are words. The purpose of languages is to communicate effectively, and so long as both parties understand, it’s fine by me. I usually take the path of least resistance out of sheer laziness unless it’s grammar related.

 

[Pacobillie]

Fédération internationale de ski is a French name. Thus, the acronym is also French and must be pronounced accordingly: Eff-ee-ess

 

[blue]

Fédération internationale de ski is a French name. Thus, the acronym is also French and must be pronounced accordingly: Eff-ee-ess

DIN stands for Deutsches Institut für Normung, and should be pronounced de-ee-n?

 

[James]

I guess a lot of the season is over, since we’re now into the pronunciation phase.

 

[François Pugh]

Did N.A.S.A find the Ufo that crashed in the Drc?

My kids are older but I wonder about people that use weird names for things with their children. Like teaching someone to say zesty instead of tasty.

More on this though, when did it become commonplace to use these abbreviations? From typesetting? It’s not that hard to say United Kingdom.

Be careful what you say around your kids; my daughter grew up thinking the proper pronunciation of Alzheimer's disease disease was Old-Timer's disease, 'cause that's what I always called it (in jest).

 

[cantunamunch]

Fédération internationale de ski is a French name.

But then so are St. Louis, Sault-Ste Marie and Detroit, among hundreds of others, none of which retain french pronunciation.

 

[scott43]

But then so are St. Louis, Sault-Ste Marie and Detroit, among hundreds of others, none of which retain french pronunciation.

Bois Blanc island... Commonly known as Boblo island..

 

[fatbob]

Can we pronounce the SL too? Fissile.

I believe someone (possibly on TGR) wrote a Whistler area touring report titled "Fissile like a Missile".

TLAs are the bane of the working world and rarely do I have a day when someone doesn't use one without explaining its meaning. And often orally hard to distinguish : is s SCM a Scam, scum, skim, skem?

 

[dbostedo]

TLAs are the bane of the working world and rarely do I have a day when someone doesn't use one without explaining its meaning.

Same here, now... what's a TLA?

 

[fatbob]