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| From: | Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-doc@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-doc] Re: cvs commit: quick-samba-howto.xml | ||
| Date: | Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:56:36 | ||
| Message-Id: | 43412B26.5060909@gotadsl.co.uk | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-doc] Re: cvs commit: quick-samba-howto.xml by "Łukasz Damentko" |
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| 1 | Łukasz Damentko wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > blackace and AllanonJL (both native speakers as well) say it's "a FAQ" |
| 4 | > not "an FAQ", so we have 2:1 for now... |
| 5 | |
| 6 | It's not a matter of votes, but of whether the abbreviation is also an |
| 7 | acronym, i.e. whether it can be pronounced as a word. In this case it can, |
| 8 | and I believe it usually is, so it's "a FAQ", not "an F A Q". |
| 9 | |
| 10 | -- |
| 11 | Rgds |
| 12 | Peter Humphrey |
| 13 | Linux Counter 5290, Aug 93. |
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