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Traditional_Entry183@reddit

Ive always heard it like Vin Diesel too.

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speedier@reddit

I though his name was vee eye en Diesel

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boneyjoaniemacaroni@reddit

Saaaaame (I also worked in car business for 4 years and only heard folks whose first language isn’t English say it by letter rather than as a whole word).

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shelwood46@reddit

Yep, spent years in the emergency services, I never heard anyone spell it out, they pronounced it Vin like short for Vincent.

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Adorable_Past9114@reddit

only heard folks whose first language isn’t English

So Americans? 🤣

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Traditional_Entry183@reddit

I can still remember my dad showing me what it was and what it did when I started driving in the early 90s. And any dealer or mechanic ive ever spoken to has said it the same way.

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NationalSort8150@reddit

I say it this way as well but I have heard people say like ven

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Bob_Kark@reddit

Spelling it out defeats the purpose of abbreviation anyway. Just don’t call it a VIN number. Like ATM machine or Rio Grande river.

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Outside_Narwhal3784@reddit

That’s the only way I know how to pronounce it, or heard it pronounced for that matter.

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RVFullTime@reddit

Too many YouTube channels use AI-generated narration. Spelling out VIN is the type of error AI might make.

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curiousleen@reddit

People will often say vin number… which is redundant because it’s a Vehicle Identification Number

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DResq@reddit

Are you talking about Rob Gronkowski? Or does Gronk mean something else in England?

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

I'm living in what was England's prison, not in England my bro

The best way i can describe "gronk" is: if you see someone do something really dumb, then when you're recounting the story later to your mates and need an all encompassing word to describe their stupidity

Let's be fair, stupidity knows no bounds. So instead of saying "I saw do " you say "I saw this gronk throw trash on the ground in front of a cop, when the cop told them to pick it up, they threw hands"

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MyUsername2459@reddit

I'm living in what was England's prison, not in England my bro

Are you trying to say Australia?

I mean, I know that western settlement in Australia began with an English penal colony, but I'm not used to people calling it "England's prison". If you say "England's prison" to an American, they'll think you're an inmate in the UK. . .and if you're saying "what was England's prison" they'll probably think it was some former prison turned into an apartment complex or something.

Australian slang has a reputation in the US for being hard to understand, so maybe that's where part of the issue is.

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Ronnoc527@reddit

Thanks because I was still so confused. Especially since they were also talking about police and criminals.

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pluck-the-bunny@reddit

I mean I immediately thought Aus when they typed it 🤷‍♂️

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Donald_J_Duck65@reddit

I have no idea what your talking about.

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hazcan@reddit

Do you mean the VIN number?

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

RIP my inbox hahahaha, but thank you everyone who took the time to answer. The general consensus is Vin Diesel, but sometimes cops will V.I.N it over the radio

Much love from Australia 🇦🇺

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Responsible-View-804@reddit

It’s almost always VIN like Vin diesel.

But it’s also very common to hear a redundancy with people saying “VIN number” “v-I-n number” would be much less likely

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bloopidupe@reddit

I've only ever pronounced it as a word. Do cops ask for VIN numbers?

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

On the videos I've seen they check the VIN on suspected stolen vehicles, or vehicles with mismatched plates to cars

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Adjective-Noun123456@reddit

That recontextualizes things a lot.

Vin is a name, VIN is an acronym. You don't want to confuse the two over the radio, so you say them differently.

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

As you haven't seen the videos I'm referring to I won't debate based on information you don't have

Instead, I will say that's a good point, well made. And upvote your comment

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Cheap_Coffee@reddit

I won't debate based on information you don't have

Right? Just living in the country wouldn't give us any information unless we saw the YT you saw.

/s, just in case.

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

Based on the down votes I received, I guess I'm going to have to debate you using information from YT videos you haven't seen

Sorry, but Reddit has spoken 🤷

/j

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Cheap_Coffee@reddit

Right. Lived experience doesn't hold a candle to YouTube videos .

Another Redittor has spoken.

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

While I get the /s, if you'd only ever heard people from Perth talk about a popular but expensive toy, you'd be on Ask an Aussie saying "what the hell is 'lay-go'" because it is absolutely pronounced 'le-go' 🙂

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Cheap_Coffee@reddit

Whatever.

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

I was agreeing with you and shared an anecdote about differences within countries. But cool bro, whatever 🍻

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Cheap_Coffee@reddit

But cool bro, whatever

Unh huh. I said 'whatever' first so you can't use it. Those are the rules.

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pluck-the-bunny@reddit

20 years I’ve been doing this, every cop by me says vin (like the name) except a few rare occasions

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peteroh9@reddit

Over the radio?

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pluck-the-bunny@reddit

Yes

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linkxrust@reddit

WTF channel are you watching? Sounds like some BS. lol. No one spells it out. And the cops already know the VIN when the license plate is scanned before he even approaches the vehicle.

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

Sorry, maybe you missed it so I'll type slow and loud

ON. SUSPECTED. STOLEN. VEHICLES

and

VEHICLES. WHERE. THE. LICENCE. PLATE. DOESN'T. MATCH. THE. CAR

Jfc. Reading and comprehension champ. Reading and comprehension.

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linkxrust@reddit

Yeah, you didnt say that on your post. lol

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

That's true, and i apologize for coming at you like that. I answered another commenter who brought up something similar so i answered. Then saw your very similar comment and responded poorly

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linkxrust@reddit

all good

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linkxrust@reddit

Also youre prick with ears

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

Yeah? Well you're an ear without pricks!

If i haven't completely misunderstood this reference, if it is a reference

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linkxrust@reddit

The Wanderers?

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

You may have the Fordham Baldies behind you, but i have Perry and Joey's Dad! 🍻

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bloopidupe@reddit

Ah. That makes sense. If they are speaking over a radio to another officer, they would spell it out to make sure everyone understands what they are talking about

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Sellum@reddit

Yes, sort of. If you were communicating it over a radio you would spell it out with a phonetic alphabet. So rather than saying Vee Eye En you would say Victor India November.

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RsonW@reddit

Vehicle identification number numbers

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thomsenite256@reddit

atm machine

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uniquecleverusername@reddit

I'm pretty formal, so I like to say "Yes, I have the VIN ID number that identifies my vehicle."

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bloopidupe@reddit

I knowwwwww. I do this at work too. It drives me nuts, I stop and stare, but the sentence sounds weird in my head without the extra number.

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SimplePassenger8752@reddit

Never heard anyone sound out the acronym i just say it and have heard it said like Vin diesel im in illinois

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nitsujenosam@reddit

Fun fact, an acronym is pronounced like a word (VIN, NASA, etc), otherwise it’s just an “initialism,” e.g., FBI, CIA, etc.

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teh_maxh@reddit

No it isn't. The first use of "acronym" in English was for PGN.

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nitsujenosam@reddit

How hard is it to google something?

https://www.etymonline.com/word/acronym

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peteroh9@reddit

It's implied by your page, but follow the link on it to initialism:

The distinction from acronym is not universally agreed-upon; but in general, cases such as NATO, where the letters always are sounded as a word, are regarded as acronyms, those such as FBI, where the letters sound as letters, are initial-words or initialisms. The use of acronym in entries in this dictionary that are technically initialisms is a deliberate error, because many people will search all such words using "acronym."

Additionally, if you look up other definitions of acronyms, you will see that they often state that the term can broadly be used to include initialisms.

To not cherry pick etymonline over Wiktionary, look at the definition there: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acronym

Insisting that they are distinct just makes you a (relatively uninformed) pedant.

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pgcotype@reddit

Everyone I know says it Vin Diesel. I try to avoid saying, "VIN number" because it's redundant, but a lot of people do.

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krept0007@reddit

I would say it's misleading more than redundant since VINs have letters

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Anand999@reddit

Most modern VINs aren't even all numbers, so it's all kind of messed up.

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crafty_j4@reddit

You have a point. Same thing as “PIN number”

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pgcotype@reddit

Or ATM machine

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Sweaty-Move-5396@reddit

Gonna type my PI number into the AT machine

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Better-Passenger-200@reddit

Or Jeb Bush

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Alarmed_Drop7162@reddit

Please clap

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cooking2recovery@reddit

Jeb!

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gtrocks555@reddit

Jeb Bush is my favorite one hahaha

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GreenZebra23@reddit

or GOB Bluth

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DizzyLead@reddit

Ah, RAS Syndrome.

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OrcaFins@reddit

Or tuna fish

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iaminabox@reddit

Not exactly. Tuna fish isis what you get in a can. It's used to deffentiate from fresh.

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OrcaFins@reddit

Canned tuna is still fish.

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MissFabulina@reddit

Is it though? Fresh tuna does not smell anything like the atrocity that comes in a can.

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OrcaFins@reddit

Whether you like it or not, it comes from the same animal.

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rockettaco37@reddit

This one always bugs me the most

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SneakyCroc@reddit

*it's tautological.

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Gertrude_D@reddit

I don't bother to avoid it - I know it's redundant, but somehow it feels incomplete without saying VIN number or PIN number.

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MonsieurRuffles@reddit

When I hear someone say VIN number or PIN number, it’s like fingernails on a chalkboard.

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Zeverian@reddit

Good.

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krept0007@reddit

This is more a question of spelling out the acronym or speaking it as a word. Not necessarily pronunciation.

Spelling it out is initialism. Speaking it like a word is a psuedo-acronym

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CryptographerEasy772@reddit

In the PNW (Pacific Northwest) region, I only have heard Vin (Diesel)

I can only imagine ai is hallucinating to produce some "vee eye en" method of saying it

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Slight_Literature_67@reddit

I've always heard it as VIN like Vin Diesel.

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ImLittleNana@reddit

I’ve heard that word a gajillion times and never once heard someone say it like an initialism. It is a pet peeve of mine though when people say VIN number. WTF do they think the N stands for? Do they not know it’s an acronym?

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machagogo@reddit

As a word, like Vin Diesel.

I have never heard anyone ever spell it out in conversation. Not even cops on a show or in a YouTube video.

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Zeverian@reddit

Old people say the letters, then half the time add number at the end. "V.I.N. Number' like ATM Machine. Working car Insurance you will hear it so much you start saying it. Then the other half of Old people bitch that it's redundant.

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StatementEcstatic751@reddit

What old people? I'm almost 40 and have never heard it spelled out, unless someone was having a hard time hearing it and the speaker was getting annoyed about it. My parents are actual Boomers born in the early 1950s, and my grandparents hit their 90s before they died a few years ago. None of them spelled it out. My friend who is in her 50s worked at an auto parts store for a while, and she said she never heard it spelled out, only spoken as Vin rhymes with bin.

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Drslappybags@reddit

Maybe over the phone insurance companies just for clarification.

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Zeverian@reddit

Good catch. But that is not why they do it.

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Drslappybags@reddit

Hey, just a thought.

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Zeverian@reddit

Wow. I really care.

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Decent-Bear334@reddit

No, they don't.

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Zeverian@reddit

Like you would know.

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Decent-Bear334@reddit

And you do?

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Zeverian@reddit

About my personal experience? Yes.

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Decent-Bear334@reddit

Your personal experience doesn't equate to anything.

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Zeverian@reddit

Nor does yours.

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_HeyGFY_@reddit

I suppose it depends on your definition of old. I was born in the 60s, driving since the mid 80s, and I've never heard anyone initialize it.

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Zeverian@reddit

I was born in the 70s I consider you old. You are right in the demographic I was talking about.

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CamiJay@reddit

It’s not a contest. Age is also subjective. I was born in the 2000s so from my perspective and in my opinion, you both are old bags. It doesn’t make you less of a person.

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Zeverian@reddit

I never said it did. Wow yall younguns get up in yalls feels quick.

I am definitely Old. No doubt.

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MonsieurRuffles@reddit

Old person here - I’ve always pronounced as a single word, never spelling out the initials.

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Zeverian@reddit

Good for you specifically.

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Practical-Ordinary-6@reddit

But you've never ever heard a young person say that, right? I don't believe you.

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Zeverian@reddit

What?

Wow so brave.

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hairball45@reddit

Born in the 1940s I qualify as "old" and I've never once heard it spelled out. It's VIN, rhymes with pin and tin. Into cars for somewhere past 70 years.

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Zeverian@reddit

Oh so stunning and brave.

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eugenesbluegenes@reddit

What the fuck?

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big_sugi@reddit

They’re a troll. Or just generally obnoxious and annoying, which amounts to the same thing.

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Zeverian@reddit

I love you prolapsed randos jumping in where you dont belong.❤️

Go felch yur ma

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Zeverian@reddit

You too.

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

We must watch different channels 😆

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machagogo@reddit

you watching videos with shitty AI voiceovers, not actual people speaking?

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jek39@reddit

I think you were just watching something with an auto AI voiceover

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GeronimoHero@reddit

I worked in the car industry for like 15 years. The only way it’s ever pronounced is as a word “vin” not as an acronym.

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LoudSheepherder5391@reddit

That makes it an acronym.

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linkxrust@reddit

Never heard it like that dude.

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Slippery-Pete76@reddit

I’m wondering if the videos he watches have that shitty AI voiceover that mispronounces everything.

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linkxrust@reddit

Its Vin. Like Vin diesel. Youre tripping balls.

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crtclms666@reddit

Because you couldn’t be mistaken, amirite?

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JellyfishFit3871@reddit

My husband was a cop of some stripe (military, city, deputy, etc.) from the late eighties on. He and all of his colleagues that I know of say Vin as a single word. They'd look at you funny if you spelled it out.

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JellyfishFit3871@reddit

And cops always seem to use the NATO phonetic alphabet, so they'd generally either just say "vehicle identification number," Vin, or "Victor India November." Not vee eye in.

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molten_dragon@reddit

I work in the auto industry and I've only ever heard it said as a word. Never heard anyone pronounce the letters.

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wieldymouse@reddit

Like Vin Diesel.

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Darkdragoon324@reddit

It’s an acronym, I pronounce it like a word.

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Just-Brilliant-7815@reddit

VIN like Diesel

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CaptainPunisher@reddit

Vin Scully. I can't tell you the last time I heard someone spell it out.

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zon5string@reddit

VIN number. Like ATM machine and PIN number.

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Slight_Manufacturer6@reddit

Minnesota, USA and only heard it called vin like Vin Diesel.

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maggy_boi_x@reddit

I pronounce it Vin, like Vin Diesel, too. At the same time, o only ever put thought into how I pronounce it while I'm at the DMV or local courthouse.

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cool_weed_dad@reddit

Vin like Vin Diesel.

I had never once in my life heard anyone spell out the letters.

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WiseQuarter3250@reddit

similar to when, or win.

But VIN is technically an acronym that stands for Vehicle Identification Number.

Most folks say it as a monosyllabic term. I've never heard anyone in real life spell it out as V-I-N.

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

Thank you. As a person who knows a smidge about cars, I was aware that VIN was an acronym

Thank you for you response to my question though

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SabresBills69@reddit

VIN in a lot of ways have become a word on its own like Scuba ( self contained underwater breathing apparatus)

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

TIL SCUBA is an acronym

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ComprehensiveCoat627@reddit

So is laser

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

Ohh man, I did know that in some recess of my brain. Couldn't tell you what it stands for though, and as I don't user lazers in my day-to-day I guess it got pushed aside

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SabresBills69@reddit

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2grMKJ29Ghlw36WXCHGJvKk/7-words-you-probably-didnt-know-were-acronyms

Others are NIMBY, snafu, canola, BASE jumping.

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Curmudgy@reddit

Canola is a portmanteau, not an acronym.

Sorry. I read too much Wikipedia, which is very fond of the words portmanteau.

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SabresBills69@reddit

I don’t consider it one.

brunch— between breakfast and lunch

motel — motor + hotel where you park outside the room

canola is. CAN-O-LA. Canada - oil - low acid This is not like the others above.

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

TIL

Ok, but tf is snafu? .I'm fully invested now

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Curmudgy@reddit

SNAFU == Situation Normal, All F*d Up.

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SabresBills69@reddit

Google acronyms thst becamecwords

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minnick27@reddit

So is TASER. It stands for Thomas A. Swifts Electric Rifle. Thomas Swift isn't the inventor, he is the title character in 100 novels dating back to 1910. He also doesn't have a middle initial, that was added by the actual inventor Jack Cover because TASER reads better than TSER

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El_Polio_Loco@reddit

If it's being said like that in a youtube video my first assumption is AI

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cooking2recovery@reddit

I was going to suggest AI videos as well. Cops pulling someone over is a really common AI prompt to go viral. There are accounts that just spam different versions.

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Dr_Watson349@reddit

When does not sound like win.

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makestuff24-7@reddit

Depends on your regional accent's vowel shift, or lack thereof.

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WhoWouldCareToAsk@reddit

It’s always VIN as the dude’s name. I’ve never heard anyone spell it out letter by letter.

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Young_Bu11@reddit

I've only heard it like Vin Diesel as well, and I have a few years in the auto industry professionally and many more as an enthusiast.

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shammy_dammy@reddit

Vin.

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RatonhnhaketonK@reddit

Like Vin Diesel

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jeff1074@reddit

I Say vin like it’s a word. What the hell is a Gronk (s).

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violet_femme23@reddit

Northeast- we say VIN. Maybe cops are used to radio speak and having to spell things out so they can be understood

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blipsman@reddit

Like Vin Diesel, rhymes with bin.

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Pbferg@reddit

I am an insurance agent and I do a lot of auto insurance, so it is in my vocabulary on a regular basis. I always pronounce it as a word, and I’ve never had anyone not understand what I’m referring to.

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Syncrion@reddit

I work in the American automotive industry and it's like the word Vin in Vin Diesel. In all my years and between many factories I have never heard someone spell it out.

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Icy_Consideration409@reddit

I say vin as in the French word for wine.

Got to keep it classy.

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Spirited_Ingenuity89@reddit

So you use a nasal vowel instead of the separate i and n sounds?!

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SirGeremiah@reddit

One is pronouncing it as a word (it's an acronym, after all), the other is spelling out the letters. I've always pronounced it, rather than spelling it out.

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DukeRains@reddit

Please don't tell me people seriously spell it out....

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WritPositWrit@reddit

I say it like the actor’s name Vin. And I’m always careful to not say “vin number” or “pin number” lol

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Ek0mst0p@reddit

On heard of it called Vin never been asked for a V.I.N. before.

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Eat_Locals@reddit

Twenty

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RunJumpSleep@reddit

Like Vin Scully

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Darnoc74@reddit

Vin as in fish fin

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Js987@reddit

Like Vin Diesel.

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BouncingSphinx@reddit

I've always said it as the word VIN, never spelled out.

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Extension-Respond289@reddit

i say it like "vin" too, like the actor. i didn't even know ppl said "vee eye en" lol, that's wild. guess it's just a regional thing or whatever, pretty funny tho

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Bluemonogi@reddit

I’ve only ever heard it as Vin like Vin Diesel.

If they were communicating over a radio maybe they were spelling it out more for clarity?

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_WillCAD_@reddit

Everyone I've ever met, when using the term in casual conversation, says Vin like Vin Deisel.

The only time anyone spells out the three letters is when they're trying to explain that saying "VIN Number" is a repetitive redundancy that says the same thing twice.

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AcanthaceaeOk3738@reddit

Definitely the Vin Diesel way.

I also hear plenty of "vin number" and even some "vehicle vin number."

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kristtt67@reddit

Only ever heard it as Vin, like in Diesel

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Cant-think-of-a-nam@reddit

No one has ever said the letters individually. I always heard it as vin or vin number

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Phoenix_Court@reddit

Vin like Vin Diesel is the only way I've heard it said

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Phoenix_Court@reddit

Vin like Vin Diesel is the only way I've heard it said

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donuttrackme@reddit

As a word. Not an initialism.

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intoxado91@reddit

You just say Vin

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ByWillAlone@reddit

VIN is a true acronym...which means it's an initialism pronounced as a word.

If I heard someone speak the individual letters instead of saying the word, I would immediately ask them how they pronounce "NASA".

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RLsSed@reddit

Always a word, like Vin Diesel

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Kyle81020@reddit

I’ve heard it both ways. Pronouncing it as a word is much more common.

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krendyB@reddit

Like Vin Diesel. 🤷‍♀️ Sometimes I say VIN number, even though I know that’s wrong.

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Sujnirah@reddit

V I N. All separately.

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dontforgettowriteme@reddit

VIN like Diesel.

Another one that's weird when spelled out is ASAP. Why are people saying A S A P when it's more efficient to say "ay sap?" It's a little ironic that people prolong pronunciation on something that means "do it quickly." Lol

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Sweet_Cinnabonn@reddit

Both, depending on context.

Probably Vin like Diesel is most common

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SnooChipmunks2079@reddit

People trying to sound proper or official will probably say V. I. N. but most normal people say "VIN Number" which is of course redundant but still common.

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lithomangcc@reddit

its an acronym; it's pronounced as a word that rhymes with win.

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RedSolez@reddit

Only southerners pronounce it like that. There are many dialects in the US. Northeasterners say VIN like Vin Diesel

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MiketheTzar@reddit

Nah as a representative of the Southern Delegation we say VIN. Maybe deep in the swaps of Louisiana they say Veen, but I ain't never heard it said that way near me.

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Overall_Occasion_175@reddit

You guys do spell out all of HVAC though, instead of just saying the H and then "Vac", a single syllable like the beginning of "vacuum", which drives me nuts on home improvement shows.

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Loisgrand6@reddit

Again-a southerner and I say H Vac. Most advertisers say H Vac in my region

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MiketheTzar@reddit

That's a weird hyper regional thing. I see it change at random all across the South

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Loisgrand6@reddit

Wrong. Southerner here and I pronounce it like the name

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RedSolez@reddit

When you say it like the name Vin are you using one syllable or 2? Because when I hear someone from Arkansas say the name "Ben" it sounds like "bin" with the vowel stretched to 2 syllables, like "bi-yin" said real fast.

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Loisgrand6@reddit

One syllable

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-Moose_Soup-@reddit

I have literally never heard someone spell out the acronym like that out loud.

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UnprovenMortality@reddit

As long as you dont say "VIN number" you'll have no complaints from me.

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Forward_Tank8310@reddit

Vin Diesel pronunciation is all I’ve ever heard

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WafflePeak@reddit

Just realized I’ve never heard this said out loud so I wouldn’t know

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Hey-Just-Saying@reddit

In the USA, I've heard it both as "VIN" like Vin Diesel and also said as "V. I. N. number" which is redundant (like ATM machine), but people still say it. As long as you know what they mean, I don't see that it matters.

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panic_bread@reddit

Vin number, which is obviously redundant, but that’s how it’s said.

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MISProf@reddit

I normally hear it as a word UNLESS I’m teaching a database class and using it as an example of a primary key. Some of my students will pronounce the letters.

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JadedDreams23@reddit

As a word.

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GameTourist@reddit

I've only ever heard it as one word not spelt out

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Itzagoodthing@reddit

So you hear them spell it out. We say the word.

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duke_awapuhi@reddit

I work in the auto industry. I say it like Vincent

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qrysdonnell@reddit

I would say it like VIN, but working in IT I’ve noticed that in the UK they pronounce a lot more acronyms than we do here. So on generally you would hear the letters spelled out more often here than over there. V.I.N. sounds a little strange but not too bad to me. Some things like PIN versus P.I.N. both sound equally good to me.

Things like NES or SNES are more commonly heard pronounced in the YouTube age to me, but they still sound weird pronounced to me.

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MaximumPlant@reddit

Vin as in the Diesel

I also work in autobody, most people say Vin unless they work at a dealership in service.

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WebHungry1699@reddit

Both are correct.

Vee eye n is just because it's an acronym. So those people are technically correct .

V. I. N = vehicle identification number,

But when said like a word (how most people really say it) it's spoken as VIN the name.

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Plato198_9@reddit

I have never heard someone say "Vee Eye En"

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KW5625@reddit

I've been in the automotive world for 22 years.

Nobody in automotive says v i n. It's always VIN like Vin Diesel and ODO like Chief Odo from DSD

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Yeegis@reddit

Same way

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MadDocHolliday@reddit

I work in the parts department of a car dealership,, so I deal with a lot of VINs constantly. I've heard a few people spell it out "vee eye in" over the 21 years I've been doing this, but those are VERY few and VERY far between. I can't remember the last time I heard it. The overwhelming majority of people just say it as the word VIN.

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MountainTomato9292@reddit

I’ve never heard anyone spell it out, just say it as a word like Vin.

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smile_saurus@reddit

It sounds like the things you have seen is the cops spelling out VIN as V-I-N. I am a 911 dispatcher and we (and the cops) say Vin, as in Vin Diesel. I have never in my life heard any cop pronounce it as Vee-eye-en. Not once.

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smile_saurus@reddit

It sounds like the things you have seen is the cops spelling out VIN as V-I-N. I am a 911 dispatcher and we (and the cops) say Vin, as in Vin Diesel. I have never in my life heard any cop pronounce it as Vee-eye-en. Not once.

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Fire_Mission@reddit

Like Vin Diesel

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TsundereLoliDragon@reddit

Never heard the letters spelled out like that.

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robbbbb@reddit

I work in the automotive industry and we pronounce it like Vin Diesel

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dandle@reddit

I'm in my 50s, in the northeast US.

I've always heard it pronounced as a word, like "vin." I've never heard it pronounced as individual letters, like "Vee Eye En."

I bought a new car last week and had people from the insurance company and dealership saying it. In every case, it was "vin."

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OK_Stop_Already@reddit

only a Cop would say V I N like that, lol.

Everyone i know has only called it "Vin".

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Narsiliel@reddit

AI voiceovers say V I N Real people say Vin.

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Justmakethemoney@reddit

I've worked in a couple car dealerships and we always said it like Vin Diesel.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Family…

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Capable-View4706@reddit

American and VIN not V-I-N is the norm by a wide margin

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RichardRichOSU@reddit

I’ve heard it both ways, and have probably myself used both. Vin Diesel is the most common though.

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Sonoma_Cyclist@reddit

Might be an AI narration if they’re saying V I N.

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BigPapaJava@reddit

I and the Americans I know say it “Vin,” like you do. I even hear cops and car salesmen use that pronunciation.

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Outlaw_Josie_Snails@reddit

I pronounce it like Vin Diesel. Though, I say VIN + number* which is redundant. I should probably just say VIN.

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cooking2recovery@reddit

It’s just like pin. Definitely not P-I-N, and lots of people do say “PIN number”

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

I say VIN number too, but that's because I refer to a VIN number like once a year, so it's a combination of not saying enough to train myself out of it, and not saying it enough so when I do then there's no mistaking what I'm talking about

I haven't said ATM or ATM machine in forever. Me and the people I interact with typically will say "I need to get cash out" rather than "I need to go to the ATM"

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jessper17@reddit

As an insurance person, VIN, like Diesel.

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ABelleWriter@reddit

Ok, I'm dying to know why you associate VIN with prison???

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

I live in Australia 🍻

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SmoovCatto@reddit

I've only ever heard it pronounced Eric Sinclair

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brillig_vorpal@reddit

This may be an AI or text-to-voice thing. I’ve noticed some videos that appear to have obvious computer-generated narration often do this with abbreviations or initialisms that are commonly pronounced as a words, like VIN and ICE.

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El_Polio_Loco@reddit

I'll say, if I hear weird pronunciation of words like VIN, I'm going to assume it's an AI speech program.

So many youtube videos are just AI generated trash now.

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IHaveBoxerDogs@reddit

I’ve only heard it pronounced like the name. I’ve mostly heard it when buying a car or dealing with the DMV.

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LSBm5@reddit

Like vin diesel.

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Numerous_Delay_6306@reddit

Vin just like vin Diesel baby

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Maronita2025@reddit

They are NOT pronouncing a word they are telling you the initial. VIN is NOT a word but rather stands for “vehicle identification number.”

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

Ohh man, really? Ahh I didn't know it actually stood for something! Thanks champ

Now I'm gonna have a durry then head to the servo to get some pettie before I go to maccas. I've only got a couple of rock lobsters on me, so I'll have to go full povo mode

lecturing me that VIN isn't a word. Good on ya mate

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reyadeyat@reddit

Is "pettie" slang for petrol? It's the only word that I don't recognize, google wasn't helpful, and that's my best guess based on context.

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

Saw a response to my antagonistic comment and came here ready for a verbal scrap, saw a genuine question, now I'm all deflated 😆

I'd call you the c-bomb, and given your understanding of Aussie slang I feel you'd take it as the compliment it is. But I don't want to get banned hahaha

You're 100% on the money, it's a bit old and not used so much as far as I can hear, but pettie = petrol. A bit older than that is "petal", but that's my parents era

I do always get a tickle out of us sharing "Tarjay" for Taget

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reyadeyat@reddit

Very culturally insensitive of me to ask a genuine question instead of insulting you, honestly.

Thanks!

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TheLeopardMedium@reddit

Do you say N-A-S-A, too?

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Maronita2025@reddit

I do NOT spell out VIN like those you mention. I would say “VIN” as if it is a word. I also would say NASA rather than say the initials.

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TheLeopardMedium@reddit

Ok then I do NOT disagree

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_Smedette_@reddit

I’ve never heard V-I-N, always “vin”. From Oregon.

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Online_Discovery@reddit

It's an acronym, not an initialism

There is a difference. It's not like there is a matter of opinion on if you pronounce FBI as fi-bi or spell S-C-U-B-A

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Vachic09@reddit

Vin rhymes with pin

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Both_Painter_9186@reddit

I’ve literally never, ever, ever, heard it pronounced any other way. It would be wince worthy, like “correct them on the spot” behavior to head someone pronounce it differently. I’ve lived in New England, the Deep South, and the Mid Atlantic.

You sure the YT videos aren’t just narrated by AI? Or maybe the guy running the channel’s a moron? Or maybe english is not their native language.

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

Last one i heard was on The Hidden Files

Dude sounds like he could host the next Unsolved Mysteries tbh 🍻

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rockettaco37@reddit

I've always said it the same as the name

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Philcoman@reddit

I’ve heard cops say”V.I.N.” Maybe it’s required for them, accuracy or something. Everyone else just says “vin.”

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rattlehead44@reddit

Vin. As in Vin Diesel.

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Straight_Mind_5192@reddit

VIN as in VIN Diesel, in northeast US. I have never heard anyone say "V-I-N" in my life. I have actually heard ppl refer to it as "vehicle identification number" also, but never "V-I-N"

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

Ohhh man, saying the whole: vehicle identification number, is the most Canberra thing I've heard. Somewhere along the lines your countrymen and mine are related

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Warm_Objective4162@reddit

I’ve been around some law enforcement that spells out every acronym like that. I’m sure they do it for clarity.

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Woe_Bringer@reddit (OP)

That makes sense, so there's absolutely no debating what was meant. Thank you 🙂

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