• @[email protected]
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    729 months ago

    Smart to put IDELAND and IEELAND next to each other so the programmers and electrical engineers can work closely together.

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        9 months ago

        So you’re saying any word in the latin alphabet can be projected onto this map. The fabled land of Icecream is on this very map. We could do so much with this technology.

      • I_Miss_Daniel
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        109 months ago

        Qantas qat and qaid being a few rare exceptions. (Qantas is technically an a abbreviation though.)

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            Good point. It’s both.

            I had to DDG that one.

            “… an acronym is a specific type of abbreviation formed from the first letters of a multi-word term, name, or phrase, with those letters pronounced together as one term. OPEC—or the O(rganization of) P(etroleum) E(xporting) C(ountries)—is an acronym because we pronounce it as one word, oh-pek.”

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              Huh, interesting. In my mind an abbreviation was either a truncation or maybe a portmanteau. Didn’t think it was an accurate description of acronyms or initialisms.

              Also I said ‘actually’ in my response, please forgive me. I had an upwards lilt in my head voice which would have negated any condescension in person, but on reading what I said, I just came across as a regular, pedant fuckwit.

              • I_Miss_Daniel
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                49 months ago

                No worries at all. Both are words I hardly every use, and I was happy to be corrected if I was wrong.

                The written word can be misinterpreted easily since it doesn’t easily carry the audible nuances of the spoken word, or the visual cues of the speaker. We’re always learning hey.

            • ferret
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              29 months ago

              please just use “search”

  • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ
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    169 months ago

    I may be stupid but I don’t understand what this image is trying to communicate to me. It just looks like a line between two islands with a bunch of nonsensical words to me.

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      249 months ago

      Its Iceland-> Ireland but working its way through the alphabet for the second letter, so d,e,f,g,h… etc.

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        -59 months ago

        I see… but I still don’t get the joke.

        It’s like saying Austria and Australia have similar names you but just gotta change the letters a bit.

    • @Jumuta
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      29 months ago

      Telephone game on the boat

  • IninewCrow
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    59 months ago

    Ijeland … aka … Atlantis in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

    I knew it!