Juri wrote:
"Now, in Finnish "sci-fi" is actually pronounced "skiffy",
which version I've seen some English-speaking people
use."
Skiffy? That's just spiffy!
Similarly, I found it very odd when I first heard the UK
pronunciation of UFOs as U Foes (in a Graham Parker song).
Here, we spell out the initials.
Mark
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