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Have mercy on our souls (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

If aer in aeronautics is pronounced like air, and the A in NASA is pronounced like the aer in aeronatucis, then NASA rhymes with mesa, not tessa.

I always pronounced NASA like naassuh, but I wanna try the mesa-rhyming version to mess with people.