| 1 |
Jack Dark wrote: |
| 2 |
> It is "an FAQ". I'm a native en_US speaker, though I'm much more of a |
| 3 |
> stickler for correct phonetics than most. But even so, I think most |
| 4 |
> en_US speakers also say "an FAQ", because we say it phonetically: "eff |
| 5 |
> ay cue". That's the correct way of saying it in US English. |
| 6 |
> |
| 7 |
|
| 8 |
Since when? I have never in my entire 35 years heard a N. American say |
| 9 |
it eff ay cue. Everyone I have ever talked to says it as a word not as a |
| 10 |
series of letters.I have worked in this industry for a loooong time. In |
| 11 |
fact, I worked at UUnet as a contractor for 6 months and everyone of the |
| 12 |
engineers there said it as a word and not as a series of letters. I also |
| 13 |
was a full time employee of VanStar for over 5 years and it was the same |
| 14 |
thing there. These are HUGE companies with a Global presence so all |
| 15 |
those engineers can't be wrong. |
| 16 |
|
| 17 |
According to faqs.org it is acceptable both ways but saying it is as one |
| 18 |
word is now the more commonly accepted form. So I guess we are both |
| 19 |
correct and we should drop this thread and leave it up to the indivdual |
| 20 |
who is writing the document to use "A" or "An". |
| 21 |
-- |
| 22 |
gentoo-doc@g.o mailing list |
Archives