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No, acronyms don't work that way

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[–] captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Counterpoint: the official pronunciation sounds like "yiff"; so, no thank you.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are you Swedish or something?

[–] webadict@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whoa, man, that's ridiculous. They're just a furry.

Swedes can be furries, too!

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ja.

(For those who may not know: the J is pronounced like an English Y in a Germanic language.)

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