Hmm, that is a good point. I use a short o sound, and tend to emphasize the "guh" at the end. So, basically, "z-ah-m-guh", but spoken as one syllable, maybe one and a half depending on how much I emphasize the "guh" sound. I only use that one when I'm feeling especially silly.
I agree, though, in writing if your characters are going to use net-speak in their actual speech you have to use a phonetic spelling, not just the acronym letters. There's actually a good example of this in today's "Real Life Comics". http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/090114.html At this point there's no standard spelling, but somehow I get the feeling we're not many years away from that.
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Date: 14 Jan 2009 07:04 pm (UTC)I agree, though, in writing if your characters are going to use net-speak in their actual speech you have to use a phonetic spelling, not just the acronym letters. There's actually a good example of this in today's "Real Life Comics". http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/090114.html At this point there's no standard spelling, but somehow I get the feeling we're not many years away from that.