I'm not going to dig into how our psychological voices work, but I'm sure the common case would be as explained by you guys: substituting the abbr's with its meaning immediately via conditioned reflexes. But consider this scenario: you're reading:
You can't leave the abbreviations void simply for the fact that you instantly understand them, because in your train of thought it would read: "Cash Shop andMTS Causing DCs" which wouldn't make sense (it either skips the abbrs completely or leave a silent gap there). Whether you read the abbreviations as they are or as they originally suggest, there has to be something there to keep your 'voice' going.
At least that's what I think.
Another theory would be when you're familiar enough with the term, you'll tend to read them as what they mean but I'm not entirely sure here.
- KMS CS item that extends equip expiration (I read "kay ehm es cashshop item")
- Pg Mule Question (Pee-gee mule)
- Cash Shop and MTS Causing DCs (Ehm-tee-es causing dee-cees)
- etc..
You can't leave the abbreviations void simply for the fact that you instantly understand them, because in your train of thought it would read: "Cash Shop and
At least that's what I think.
Another theory would be when you're familiar enough with the term, you'll tend to read them as what they mean but I'm not entirely sure here.
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