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minus-squareInstigatelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·11 months agoSaying it with a hard G because ‘graphical’ has a hard G is a reason based on something beyond hubris.
minus-squareMeetInPotatoes@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoIt’s a reason that doesn’t hold true even in our most common acronyms: SCUBA, RADAR, and NASA. So, no…pretending that something is an actual rule of English acronyms just because you think it really ought to be is exactly still hubris.
Saying it with a hard G because ‘graphical’ has a hard G is a reason based on something beyond hubris.
It’s a reason that doesn’t hold true even in our most common acronyms: SCUBA, RADAR, and NASA.
So, no…pretending that something is an actual rule of English acronyms just because you think it really ought to be is exactly still hubris.