• pooberbee (they/she)@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    An acronym is a kind of initialism that can be pronounced like a word e.g. NASA. Your reasoning for why it can't be pronounced as a word ("sequel") depends on it not being an acronym. But, since many people do pronounce it that way, it is, in fact, an acronym and can be pronounced that way.