Re: what is it?
From Peter Punk <ppu...@damthatspam.chello.nl>
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· 15 Oct 2001 18:23 · View full thread
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On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 20:35:44 +0200, Michael Schierl <sch...@gmx.de> provoked the following text: >> AFAIC the decision to use "a" or "an" is based solely on the pronounciation of >> the word (i consider acronyms and abbreviations to be words too) and not on the >> way it is written. So to me the sentences "an RTF file" or "an SLB connector" or >> "an MBR virus" are correct. > >What about "FAQ list"? Is it "a FAQ List" as you pronounce it like >fact, but w/o the t, or is it "an 'Eff Ay Queue' List", if you spell >the acronym (sorry for the 'queue', i did not see any other way to >write that letter...)? You qould have gone for "cyoo" :-)) Personally i pronounce it as "fack" and spell it (ef eh? cyoo) if people don't understand what i mean. It is an acronym, and if an acronym is pronouncable as a regular word, people usually will pronounce it as a word. Some examples are NATO, NAFTA, UNESCO, ASCII, etcetera. -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Op zoek gaan naar buitenaards leven? Kijk op http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor tips, antwoorden, discussies. links, downloads en meer. 1800wu/2.563yrs Any nitwit can understand computers. Many do. - Ted Nelson
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