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[–] bryndos@fedia.io 3 points 1 hour ago

I've been reading it as Slur Punk. Still not as bad as reading CNT-FAI as Cunt Fay.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 16 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

Is it the same people that pronounce SQL as "sequel"?

[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

I spent 20 years working as a sys admin, moving to new offices around the globe every few years. No matter which country I worked in, every single sys admin I've ever worked with always pronounced it "sequel." I've never met anyone in real life who spelled out the letters when speaking it.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Squeeeeel for me

[–] baronvonj@piefed.social 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Wait, do you actually say the letters every time? Just think of how many syllables you've wasted in aggregate over the years!

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 16 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I usually just don't talk, that saves even more syllables

[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Someone on here the other day said it's actually squirrel

[–] Blemish5236@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

I pronounce it squill

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

When it's obviously "school?"

[–] aeiou@piefed.social 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

you mean it's not 'squeal'?

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 1 points 12 hours ago

I think you mean "ass quail"

[–] pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 32 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

I keep reading it as "slurp-ink," personally.

[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

For me, it's "Slurpnik". You'll have to ask Vlad or Igor what it means, I guess.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Same, I keep imagining it as some variation on ‘beatnik’.

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 1 points 1 hour ago

"slurp ink motherfucker" sounds like what an octopus says when you piss it off.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago
[–] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago
[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 6 points 11 hours ago

You mean it's not SLR punk, in reference to the cameras?

[–] thisfro@slrpnk.net 15 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 15 hours ago

My first Fediverse instance!

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 6 points 13 hours ago

It's always been "slur punk" for me XD

[–] GoldAxolotl@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Kenny2999@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Would listen.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago
[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

Doesn’t work because only vowels are removed. For slurp neck to work it’d need to be slrpnck. You know, with a C!

tsk.

Shoddy memeing from someone named @NickwithaC@lemmy.world

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago

I keep accidentally seeing “shipwreck.”

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago

It's always been an otomotopoea (really fucked the spelling on that) to me. Like, the sound of someone sliding a can across the floor and into a bell. Sluuuuurrrrrrrrrr pink

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 3 points 15 hours ago

I alwaye read it as "s-l-r-p- of fuck it whatever what a fucking random ass name is that"

[–] Klear@quokk.au 1 points 12 hours ago

Oh! That's what it means!