How do you pronounce class acronyms?

Hi everyone, I'm kinda bored, so how do you pronounce class acronyms?

Here's what I do:

MRD - merds, or murderers
GLD - gild or glad.
PGL - puggles!
ARC - arcs!
ACN - acorns.
CNJ - cunj, ew
LNC - link
THM - thim, or ththththththmm

And for Jobs!

WAR - this one's boring, just warr
PLD - pal'ds, or plids
MNK - i guess monk, or mnnnnnnnks
BRD - berrrds
SCH - sich, such
SMN - simmmmmmm, summmmm
WHM - whim
DRG - dirgs, or dr. G
BLM - blam!

and no matter what, dps is "deeeeeeeeeps bro"

By the name of the job they represent. For example when I read BLM I read it : Black Mage.

>_>

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Originally Posted by Kiroh

By the name of the job they represent. For example when I read BLM I read it : Black Mage.

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This. They're abbreviations, not acronyms. You wouldn't call dr. smith "durr smith" would you? How do you pronounce Sunset Blvd?

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Originally Posted by Kiroh

By the name of the job they represent. For example when I read BLM I read it : Black Mage.

>_>

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What Kiroh said. Fun idea to try to pronounce them, but I usually just refer to them as what the full name says and only use the abbreviation in conversation at times. I am not fond of abbreviations, myself, unless they are a generally universal one that everyone understands, but I shy away from that because... you never know. If a new player is reading a conversation and it's full of abbreviations... how will they understand anything?

It's easy to be confused by game lingo alone much less abbreviations and what-have-you. Ask the Fighting Game Community. Heh. Oh.. but I rant... I don't pronounce the abbreviations...

I have fun trying to pronounce thaumaturge by itself <.<

BLM... i always thought Bulimics :)

Haha, yea, I know they represent that actual class, but I thought some of them at least were fun to pronounce in my head.

This is not a serious post !

i dont know anyone who pronounces those abbriviations like they are words. I say the actual job.

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Originally Posted by pandabearcat

This is not a serious post !

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I liked the lighthearted nature of it. I'm not going to lie, on occasion I'll pronounce them odd in my head, mostly the same pronunciations you did

What's with all the super serious people around here?

I like the Dr. G, now thats all I'm going to see it as

I knew a guy that used to say whims and blims. I /staggered for a moment.

Slightly off-topic but what's with people abbreviating jobs incorrectly? WGM and DGN? Really? The abbrevs are right there in the armoury list, bros. (not anyone in this thread)

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Originally Posted by rtpsoulx

I have fun trying to pronounce thaumaturge by itself <.<

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I just call them "thermahgerds". Cause... ermahgerd mahgercs!

Always with an "i" wherever a vowel sound is needed to make it flow.

MiRD
GLiD
PiGL (Piggle)
ARC (As it looks)
ACiN (Ack - in)
CiNJ (Kinj)
LiNC
THiM

WAR (Obviously doesn't change)
PLiD
MiNK
BiRD
SCH - (Shh)
SiMN
WHiM
DiRG
BLiM

And yes, I actually say them this way in my head if it's written in this form. Partly because it's funny and partly because it's faster.

...You say Bird instead of Bard in your head? I guess I could see it in a deep American South South Park imitation kinda way.

They took our biiiiirds.

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Originally Posted by Ralemont

I knew a guy that used to say whims and blims. I /staggered for a moment.

Slightly off-topic but what's with people abbreviating jobs incorrectly? WGM and DGN? Really? The abbrevs are right there in the armoury list, bros. (not anyone in this thread)

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Yeah, I tend to stop reading the moment some Monk or Pugilist thinks PUG is the abbreviation for Pugilist. It's hard to take anyone seriously when they obviously have never looked at their skill list.

Not to be serious either. I've just never considered trying to pronounce them.

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Originally Posted by Ralemont

...You say Bird instead of Bard in your head? I guess I could see it in a deep American South South Park imitation kinda way.

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That's pretty much it. There's definitely a "softly mocking" method behind it. Like I'm diminutizing all of them. ARC and WAR only escape because it's too much effort to change.

GLD isn't an actual class abbreviation. It's GLA. (So it's kind of obvious what everyone's going to pronounce it as, given that virtually everyone makes this error.)

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Originally Posted by Zappo

This. They're abbreviations, not acronyms. You wouldn't call dr. smith "durr smith" would you? How do you pronounce Sunset Blvd?

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You are my Hero, Zappo

I know you didn't include crafting classes, but does anyone else giggle at CRP? I always say crap when I see that instead of carpenter.

For Crafting I actually just spell them out.

BSM becomes BeeEssEm
GSM is just GeeEssEm

ARM is just Arm.
CUL is just Cool


So when someone says I'm BSM/ARM

I pronounce that I'm BeeEssEm/ARM

MRD - Em Are Dee
GLD - Gee El Dee
PGL - Pee Gee El
ARC - Aye Are See
ACN - Aye See In
CNJ - See In Jay
LNC - El In See
THM - Tee Ayech Em

And for Jobs!

WAR - Doubleyou Aye Are
PLD - Pee El Dee
MNK - Em In Kay
BRD - Bee Are Dee
SCH - Es See Ayech
SMN - Es Em In
WHM - Doubleyou Ayech Em
DRG - Dee Are Gee
BLM - Bee El Em

ACN - Arc
ARC - Arch
CNJ - Conj
GLA - Glad
MRD - Murder
PGL - Puggle
THM - Them

BLM - Balm
BRD - Bird
DRG - Drag
MNK - Monk
PLD - Pala or Plad
SMN - Sum
SCH - Shh
WAR - War
WHM - Whim

BTN - Button
FSH - Fish?
MIN - Mine

ALC - Alk
ARM - Arm
BSM - Bdsm
CUL - Cull
CRP - Crap
GSM - Jizzum?
LTW - L'twa
WVR - Wihver

... yep.

Am I think only one who pronounces CRP Carp?

Can't wait to DEEPS with my BLAM on IFIRT. My toon is so awesome. bro.


yolo.

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Originally Posted by pandabearcat

Hi everyone, I'm kinda bored, so how do you pronounce class acronyms?

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Simply you don't, or at least you pronunce them the same way you do with PC, TV or any other acronym.

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Originally Posted by Bufkus

I know you didn't include crafting classes, but does anyone else giggle at CRP? I always say crap when I see that instead of carpenter.

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I think of fish. And then I get hungry. D:

The only class/job names I shorten in speech are WAR/THM... "War..." and "Thaum..." But I never actually pronounce the acronyms.

I annoy PLD's with the spoony ref:

"What's a Paladin?"

Where did the habit of typing the acronyms come from? I'm new enough that I simply type out the full name of everything (and to be honest, I actually find it faster)......

3 most distinct for me

MNK = Monkeys
DRG = Goon / Goonies
MRD = Murderers

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Originally Posted by Baneus

Where did the habit of typing the acronyms come from? I'm new enough that I simply type out the full name of everything (and to be honest, I actually find it faster)......

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Carried over from FFXI where it showed your current class and subjob as WAR/MNK etc.