Oh my...do you pronounce CLI as KLEYE or See El Eye?
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@BettyJunod See El Eye - typical pattern, 3 letters said as letters, 4 letters or more turned into a word, like USA and NAFTA, even when 3 letters could be said as a word
@ProgrammerRcf @BettyJunod USSR, ACLU, YMCA, NSFW, ESPN. And SIM, GIF, ZIP. These are some counter examples. I would say it's more of what became more popular is what it's pronunciation is, which in turn depends on how the words actually sound in both the forms.
@ProgrammerRcf @BettyJunod For SQL, do you say 'see-kwull' or 'ess-queue-ell'?
@ProgrammerRcf @BettyJunod What about "GIF" or "JPG"? ;)