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[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)
[–] andrewth09@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

FBI not eff-bee-eye.

NTP not en-tee-pee.

RNC not arr-en-cee.

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Because the only rational reason to spell it Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio is if they got paid by the word and they wanted to bolster their paycheck? The alternative that they somehow thought this was a good idea is even worse.

[–] xeekei@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure it was so they would look more like real names, because Star Wars treated robots (droids) like actual characters which was rare at the time.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Threepio and theee-pee-oh sound different so I understand it in a script. That's it though.