Pronounce CICO

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  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    grapaj wrote: »
    What about PHUL? I have said this out loud, always as "Pee-hull" and then wondered if I've made a gaff.

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  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,645 Member
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    Um...I don't pronounce the abbreviation. I only type it. That would be weird.

    Ah yes. That's why when I always say Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome when discussing AIDS, because just saying "aids" would be weird. :lol:

    I'm an outlier, I guess. I always pronounce it ky-koh. Just what my brain wants to turn it into for whatever reason.

    But "aids" is already a word.
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    haviegirl wrote: »
    k(eye) k(oh)

    Both the C's pronounced like a hard K sound. Long I, long O. And...I guess I'm the only one... But I've never said it out loud, only in my head.

    samesies!
  • clark614
    clark614 Posts: 92 Member
    I say Key-ko in my head.
  • Sara1791
    Sara1791 Posts: 760 Member
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    Um...I don't pronounce the abbreviation. I only type it. That would be weird.

    Ah yes. That's why when I always say Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome when discussing AIDS, because just saying "aids" would be weird. :lol:

    I'm an outlier, I guess. I always pronounce it ky-koh. Just what my brain wants to turn it into for whatever reason.

    But "aids" is already a word.

    SCUBA, SNAFU off the top of my head
  • Sara1791
    Sara1791 Posts: 760 Member
    edited October 2016
    BTW, in case anyone really believes there's a right or wrong way to "hear" a newish acronym in your head, that's not what I'm saying. No right or wrong here; as far as I know there is no universally accepted way to pronounce those letters internally or audibly.

    edit: For me it's just a curiosity.
  • Gianfranco_R
    Gianfranco_R Posts: 1,297 Member
    Sara1791 wrote: »
    TR0berts wrote: »
    What? No love for Chico?

    an Italian pronunciation? I like it.

    Funnily enough, in Italian popular culture, "Cico" is a comic character, definitely fat :smile:

    cwhjnn4mcllz.jpg
  • jeffd247
    jeffd247 Posts: 319 Member
    "See so"

    Can't stop me...
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    edited October 2016
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    I say it like "See-ko"

    Whoa! I've always thought "K.eye - Ko"/Kai-Ko.... for all them Sailor Moon fans, like Minako's (Mina/Sailor Venus) last name "Aiko" but with a K at the front lol.

    Which means I'm different from everyone.
    But I think I say "Kai" instead since it's similar to "Cal" from calories??? Maybe?
    And I simply don't say it out loud. Because I don't talk to people about it (sad face)
    Eye because... "I"
    Ko as in calories again.. O as in O
  • jeffd247
    jeffd247 Posts: 319 Member
    If "Cici" = See See
    the CICO = See So!

    :)
  • SusanMFindlay
    SusanMFindlay Posts: 1,804 Member
    Sara1791 wrote: »
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    Um...I don't pronounce the abbreviation. I only type it. That would be weird.

    Ah yes. That's why when I always say Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome when discussing AIDS, because just saying "aids" would be weird. :lol:

    I'm an outlier, I guess. I always pronounce it ky-koh. Just what my brain wants to turn it into for whatever reason.

    But "aids" is already a word.

    SCUBA, SNAFU off the top of my head

    LASER...
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    grapaj wrote: »
    What about PHUL? I have said this out loud, always as "Pee-hull" and then wondered if I've made a gaff.

    I always think "P-hull" Like "Pull" but I force some air out between the P and U hahah
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I wonder why people don't think of it as Kih Kah?
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    edited October 2016
    Sara1791 wrote: »
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    Um...I don't pronounce the abbreviation. I only type it. That would be weird.

    Ah yes. That's why when I always say Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome when discussing AIDS, because just saying "aids" would be weird. :lol:

    I'm an outlier, I guess. I always pronounce it ky-koh. Just what my brain wants to turn it into for whatever reason.

    But "aids" is already a word.

    SCUBA, SNAFU off the top of my head

    Radar. Mhm.

    Radio Detection And Ranging. Breaks all the rules of acronyms!

    PETA.
  • Gamliela
    Gamliela Posts: 2,468 Member
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    I wonder why people don't think of it as Kih Kah?

    Good question. I like how that sounds.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    NAFTA, SONAR
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