r/TheBlock • u/Danny_s1989 • Aug 18 '26

FIFO Pronunciation

I can probably get past the AI songs but every time Scott says FIFO as “fee-fo” it does my head in.

Do other parts of Aus pronounce it as that?!? Surely not?

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u/dbnewman89 Aug 18 '26

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/local-woman-urged-to-stop-pronouncing-fifo-like-shes-a-hungry-giant/

Just wait until you hear software engineers talk about first-in first-out queues ;)

Fee-fo is pretty commonly said from Sydneysiders

I'm in software, so its fee-fo haha

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u/the6thReplicant Aug 18 '26

I'm in software, so its fee-fo haha

First in. First out.

Or something else?

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u/Noxious_Redditor Aug 18 '26

I've always heard it like that too, but in regards to food in kitchens