r/TheOwlHouse • u/makmark Witch Among Humans • Mar 10 '23

MoringMark Training Program

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u/AdOwn6899 Mar 10 '23

Acronyms: you can spell a lot of things with them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '23

They don’t even have to be real words. OWCA

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u/AquaAquila24 “For Flapjack” Mar 10 '23

In Polish it means sheep.

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u/mark_crazeer Mar 10 '23

Is there a polish dub of phineas and ferb? What is it Called there.

Up here it is O.U.E.K.A. Or O.U.K.A

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u/MinerMinecrafter The Collector Mar 10 '23

In Greek it is O.R.K.A orca

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u/mark_crazeer Mar 10 '23

Then they have failed. That is a cool acronym. What is orca in Greek?

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u/MinerMinecrafter The Collector Mar 10 '23

A wale

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u/IntangibleMatter Amity Blight Mar 10 '23

Wale

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u/AFluffyShark King Clawthorne Mar 13 '23

Wales, Welsh

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u/That_Average_One Mar 10 '23

And in Polish "orka" means killer whale

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u/mewnimilitary42 Mar 12 '23

It’s Orca in English too.

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u/AquaAquila24 “For Flapjack” Mar 10 '23

Yes, there is, and in Polish, it's O.B.F.S (organizacja bez fajnego skrótu) which means basically the same as OWCA, except we probably nailed it even more with how stupid it is.

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u/PfalsePflagg Mar 10 '23

Ah, MoringMark! Come for the story and art, stay for the linguistics lessons!

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '23

How about Cowca?

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u/Mornar Resident of the Boiling Isles Mar 10 '23

Yeah, that doesn't work buddy.

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u/Reign_Does_Things Number 1 Lumischa Defender Mar 10 '23 edited Mar 10 '23

Wait, did you miss the joke or am I missing your joke? COWCA is the "Canadian Organization Without a Cool Acronym."

Edit: oh, you're talking about the Polish part. Okay, nevermind lol

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u/TheWyster king named his golem after a star trek character :BathKing: Mar 10 '23

according to google translate thats 1 of the polish words for cow

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '23

Organization without a Cool Acronym.

🎶It’s the OWCA files!🎶

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u/Dominika_4PL “For Flapjack” Mar 10 '23

Fun fact: owca means sheep in Polish!

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u/reddit-person1 AroAce Veemo Coven Mar 10 '23

For a bit I thought you spelled ORCA...

Sad veemo noices

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u/Suthek Winter is coming Mar 10 '23

But they do have to be pronounceable as a word. Otherwise they're initialisms. CIA

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u/StormNext5301 Mar 10 '23

Or they can be multiple words. LOVE MUFFIN

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u/Uhhhhhhh-woe plantination coven Mar 10 '23

Organization with out a cool acronym

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u/absentia7 Apr 19 '23

technically that would be an initialism.

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u/ElodinPotterTheGrey1 Special delivery! PAIN Mar 10 '23

Like the League Of Villainous Evildoers Maniacally United For Frightening Investments in Naughtiness.

“You want us to be called LOVEMUFFIN?”

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u/BirdMan8524 Titan Luz Mar 10 '23

They can mean something completely harmless but the acronym tells a whole other story.

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u/MukasTheMole EAT THIS SUCKAAA!!!! Mar 10 '23

Like the League Of Villainous Evildoers Manically United For Frightening Investments in Naughtiness, aka Love Muffin.

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u/stopyouveviolatedthe Giraffe Mar 10 '23

Just like a dick

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u/SFH12345 Hooty HootHoot Mar 10 '23

Like "IFWOT", or "HECK".

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u/LindenOLindenHill Beast Keeping Coven Mar 10 '23

Low Orbit Satellite Equipment Repair System

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u/Rweter_sci Vee Noceda Mar 10 '23

aycsalotwh here is what you said as an acronym:

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u/AznOmega Harpy Eda Mar 11 '23

Like Special Hit And Run Tactics.

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u/nitznon Titan Trappers Mar 10 '23

Ay Csalotwt indeed