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It is "an FAQ". I'm a native en_US speaker, though I'm much more of a |
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stickler for correct phonetics than most. But even so, I think most |
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en_US speakers also say "an FAQ", because we say it phonetically: "eff |
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ay cue". That's the correct way of saying it in US English. |
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On 10/2/05, Curtis Napier <curtis119@g.o> wrote: |
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> £ukasz Damentko wrote: |
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> > On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 01:44:54 +0200 |
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> > Ioannis Aslanidis <deathwing00@g.o> wrote: |
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> >>Alin Dobre wrote: |
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> >>>the last time this was discussed via irc, ciaranm (who is a native en_GB |
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> >>>speaker) said that the correct form is: "an FAQ", the explanation being |
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> >>>that FAQ it's spelled: ef a q, so it phonetically begins with a vocal, |
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> >>>so it should be prefixed with 'an'. |
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> > blackace and AllanonJL (both native speakers as well) say it's "a FAQ" |
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> > not "an FAQ", so we have 2:1 for now... |
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> > with regards, |
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> > £ukasz Damentko |
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> Yes indeed, ciaran is correct. You go by the "sound" not by the |
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> spelling. That's why we say "an honor" instead of "a honor" (the h is |
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> silent). But in the case of FAQ he is incorrect because it's pronounced |
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> fa-ack not ef-ack. Silly en_GB speakers. :-) |
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> For reference see here: |
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> http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/a.html#a |
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> or here: |
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> http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#36 |
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