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Is OP pronounced OhPee or Awp?

113 replies

SugarnetMum · 23/05/2017 01:58

In a debate with someone over this

OP posts:
jonathan01n · 23/05/2017 03:13

DD- Daed
DS - Des
OH O-Ha
YABU - Ya-Boo
YANBU - Yan-Boo
WWYD- Wood- Yard.
Grin

MerryMarigold · 23/05/2017 03:20

3 different rules for me.

Oh pee. Dee dee. Dee ess. Oh aitch. Dee aitch. Dee pee. Just initials

But different rules with Eye boo, Yan boo where you say it as a word.

Longer abbreviations like WWYD or YADBU just have to be said as entire sentences 'You are definitely being unreasonable'.

ComingUpTrumps · 23/05/2017 03:28

Yep - this :) Merry it's like we're kindred spirits Grin

*3 different rules for me.

Oh pee. Dee dee. Dee ess. Oh aitch. Dee aitch. Dee pee. Just initials

But different rules with Eye boo, Yan boo where you say it as a word.

Longer abbreviations like WWYD or YADBU just have to be said as entire sentences 'You are definitely being unreasonable'.*

ComingUpTrumps · 23/05/2017 03:29

Whoops bold fail -sorry!

MerryMarigold · 23/05/2017 17:27
Smile
ImperialBlether · 23/05/2017 17:28

Am I the only person to pronounce it "OPP" then?

blueskyinmarch · 23/05/2017 17:40

I pronounce OP like the start of operation. I am actually gob smacked that people pronounce it Oh-pee.

ImperialBlether · 23/05/2017 17:53

Me too, bluesky!

RortyCrankle · 23/05/2017 18:33

Oh-pee? No - too funny - its OP as in BOP

LapinR0se · 23/05/2017 18:37

It stands for original poster. There is no way it can be "op" like pop. It is O.P., pronounced oh pee.

jonathan01n · 23/05/2017 18:53

YADBU - Yard-Boo

blackteasplease · 23/05/2017 18:55

OhPee

And eye-boo obviously

TeenAndTween · 23/05/2017 18:57

I view OP as an acronym and pronounce it 'op' to rhyme with 'shop' and 'pop'
The others are abbreviations so e.g. DD is pronounced Dee Dee etc.

ProfPlumInTheLibrary · 23/05/2017 19:01

I also pronounce OP to rhyme with hop, shop and pop. Cannot fathom why anyone would think it's pronounced Awp!

And dd, dp, etc are deedee, deepee etc.

Aibu is eyeboo.
Yanbu is yanboo.

And doll does not rhyme with goal. That would be doal.

slavingaway · 23/05/2017 19:05

Am I the only one who says Ay-boo?
I do say it outloud regularly as my mum is also a mumsnetter and we discuss threads "It's in AIBU"

Viserion · 23/05/2017 19:09

Unless you are pronouncing goal as goll.
Or doll as dole.

OP is O. P. It's an abbreviation, not a word.

And YADBU is not yard boo. There is no R in the middle. It would have to be yad boo, if pronounced as words.

coughingbean · 23/05/2017 19:11

Oh pee
Dush (DH)
Duss (DS)
DUD (DD)

IYSWIM HTH
(i swim huth)

MadisonAvenue · 23/05/2017 19:13

O Pee

Awp????

SamoanSamosa · 23/05/2017 19:14

Doll as goal Shock Shock Shock

You may have just blown my mind there. It sounds ridiculous but I absolutely pronounce it that way! Especially when I say dolls house.

SamoanSamosa · 23/05/2017 19:16

Oh Pee
Dee See
Dee aitch
Dee Pee

However...
I say Sill, Bill, Mill as one word

Etc etc

ProfPlumInTheLibrary · 23/05/2017 19:18

However...
I say Sill, Bill, Mill as one word

Oh yeah, so do I!

firawla · 23/05/2017 19:21

Definitely Oh pee!

Eolian · 23/05/2017 19:22

Huh? How on earth would it possibly be pronounced 'awp'?! It's oh pee, obviously. Those who say 'op' like the beginning of operation, do you also say 'odd' for O.D. or 'id' for I.D. or 'ewww' for the E.U.? Grin

ProfPlumInTheLibrary · 23/05/2017 19:31

Actually Eolian, when I was a teen my best friend and I, did pronounce id as ID!

ProfPlumInTheLibrary · 23/05/2017 19:33

And when I say Op in my head, I also imagine it's some kind of cool title, like a spy code name or something. Like M in James Bond or Doc in Back to the Future.

I don't know why I do that, but I do.