The acronym game

[Dormouse559]

I won't try and transcribe it in IPA because é is a bugger to transcribe.

Is it not just /eː/?

I had this conversation with Kenny a while ago. Phonemically I believe it is /eː/, but phonetically it is realised differently to French /eː/, more like [ɪː].

French doesn't have phonemic vowel length as far as I know. But anyway, I see you were talking about doing a phonetic transcription instead of a phonemic one, which pretty well explains your hesitance.

[Ciarán12]

[flag]ga[/flag] GOA - ag gáire os ard
Laughing out loud - LOL

[language learner]

[flag]bg[/flag] ддз - де да знам < отде да знам < откъде да знам - I don't know, lit. 'I to know whence', 'Whence (implied verb, should, could can) I know'
It's not a question and is somehow lighter in meaning than нз, не знам, which means 'I don't know', also literally.

[linguoboy]

[flag]en-us[/flag] UPG Unverified Personal Gnosis

This is a concept from neopagan religion. It's a neutral term for differentiating modern spiritual insights (i.e. "stuff pulled out of my ass") from historically attested practices and traditions.

[MillMaths]

[flag]de[/flag] usw = und so weiter – and so on

[phaed]

[flag]us[/flag] DOE - Department of Energy (US)

[MillMaths]

[flag]fr[/flag] MDR = mort de rire – LOL

[phaed]

[flag]en-US[/flag] SOP - standard operating procedure

(Very) occasionally you'll hear this used in the US in casual conversation. E.g., "I knew it wasn't SOP, but I had to do what was best for the company." (Spelled out—not pronounced as a word.)

[MillMaths]

[flag]fr[/flag] FIFA = Fédération Internationale de Football Association

[etothepi]

[flag]de[/flag]GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung - Company with limited liability) the equivalent of LLC in English.

[MillMaths]

[flag]fr[/flag] OIEAU = Office international de l’eau
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_int ... de_l%27eau

All the vowels and only the vowels – perfect!

[johnklepac]

[flag]en-us[/flag] SMB = Super Mario Bros., Super Monkey Ball, Super Meat Boy... basically a mainstay of video game culture.

[MillMaths]

[flag]fr[/flag] MSF = Médecins sans frontières

[johnklepac]

^It's not supposed to contain any of the same letters.

[flag]en-us[/flag] 1D = One Direction

[Halfdan]

[flag]sv[/flag] osv. = och så vidare = and so on, et cetera.

[johnklepac]

[flag]en-us[/flag] FA = featured article
A Wikipedia article deemed to be of high enough quality to be featured on the main page.

[MillMaths]

[flag]it[/flag] DS = dal segno – from the sign: musical instruction to repeat from the symbol

[johnklepac]

[flag]ja[/flag] ワープロ wa-a-pu-ro
word processor

[MillMaths]

[flag]en[/flag] SOS – distress signal: rendition of · · · — — — · · · in Morse code