Outside the UK/USA people pronounce acronym EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) in two different versions: [ɪfɪ] and [ɪ-ef-aɪ].
The first argue their pronunciation that 'I', for example, mean 'Interface' ([ˈɪntəfeɪs]) and should be read as [ɪ]. The second argue that the English letter 'I' is read as [aɪ].
From the point of native English speakers, what variant is more correct?
I hope there are some rules for it and this question is not opinion-based.
/ɪ/
and/i:/
are not the same thing. The letter E is pronounced/i:/
, so the initialism EFI would be pronounced/ˌi: ef ˈaɪ/
. If you pronounce EFI as a word, rather than as individual letters, I think you'd end up with/ˌi:fi/
. Regardless, I think you've gotten your point across. – user3395 Mar 25 '19 at 14:23