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Might not even have to change the acronym (lemmy.world)
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[-] Baku@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

Is pronouncing LED like an acronym common? I've never heard it, and it would take me a while to work out what they're on about if they're talking about "lead"

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago

It doesn't happen very often, but I've heard it used that way. It's usually obvious from context, like I think I heard with "OLED vs. LED". And as @brachypelmasmithi@lemm.ee mentioned, it's used a lot in languages other than English, in my experience in many slavic ones, for example.

[-] brachypelmasmithi@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Haven't ever heard it in English either, but it's very common in Polish. In Polish LED can even become a proper adjective, e.g. "światło ledowe" (LED light), with the initialism even losing capitalisation

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