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[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 month ago

What I hate even more, is that the morons who can't read more than two syllables decided to shorten "application" to "app", but now I only ever hear people reading that as "ay pee pee"! What was the fucking point?

[-] Capsicones@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago

Chinese phonology doesn't allow for the pronunciation of "app", for example. I see a lot of Chinese people spelling it as "APP", and pronouncing it accordingly. It's kinda funny to me, since the Mandarin word "yingyong" is only two syllables. "APP" just seems more cumbersome by all account, yet it has become inexplicably popular.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Yingyong sounds cool. It's got yoyo vibes

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

Ping pong

[-] A7thStone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Or as the Chinese say ping pong

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

It literally means "to apply", funnily.
But of course the majority of Chinese people are not English speakers, so they see "app" but can't know it's the same meaning.