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1. Colleen LR‏ @Cozy1950 28 Nov 2017
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  As an acronym shouldn't it then be written LASER instead of laser???
  
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1. Jaime‏ @NotThatDrJ 28 Nov 2017
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1. 𝔊usta𝔉‏ @gerikson 28 Nov 2017
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  all the more reason for it to be officially redesignaged as "lazor". No acronym, just awesome
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1. Artist Gail‏ @ArtistGailS 28 Nov 2017
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  I love how we make words out od the first letter of other words but the best thing is making aronyms out of the first letter in other acronyms.
  
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1. Nicholas‏ @winandynwa 28 Nov 2017
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  Like scuba
  
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1. Toya‏ @LaToyaW40389920 28 Nov 2017
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  laser is an acronym? I was failed by someone somewhere at some point in time to have never learned this...maybe myself smh
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1. ShoMooreLuv‏ @ShoMooreLuv 28 Nov 2017
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1. David Fawcett‏ @unionteach 28 Nov 2017
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  So then the real question becomes, why is it pronounced with a z sound?
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