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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 1:44 pm
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Originally Posted by qwertyasdfghzxcvbn
I was wondering, when you come upon "WN", how do you read it to yourself? "Win"? "W-N"? "Southwest"? Something else?

I always read it as "win".
+1 ^

My $0.02...upon initial reflection, I thought it was odd that I do this, since, I read "A-A" or "U-A" etc. But, upon further reflection, I think it is (for me) simply that "win" is 1 syllable and quicker to read than 3 (or 4) syllable "W-N."
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