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URL: earl, or ewe-arr-ell? If the latter, how wrong is the former?
Damn, I would never have even considered that anyone would say "earl." That's just...wrong.
I hate hearing VOIP pronounced. I think you can't help but sound dumb.
VOIP headset! Yeah, it does sound dumb.
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.
Just don't say earl, and we're fine.
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.
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.
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.
See, I knew she hated it.
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.
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...
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.