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drafterman t1_iuj4sfb wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:45 PM

Reply to comment by amazingmikeyc in ELI5 How did knights participate in tournaments like jousting without killing themselves? by QuantumHamster

Because it's never been a rule that abbreviations have to inherit the pronunciation of their parent word. The Hard C probably comes from it sounding better.