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From: Curtis Napier <curtis119@g.o>
To: gentoo-doc@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-doc] Re: cvs commit: quick-samba-howto.xml
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:56:31
Message-Id: 43408459.4020007@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-doc] Re: cvs commit: quick-samba-howto.xml by "Łukasz Damentko"
1 Łukasz Damentko wrote:
2 > On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 01:44:54 +0200
3 > Ioannis Aslanidis <deathwing00@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 >
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9 >>Alin Dobre wrote:
10 >>
11 >>>the last time this was discussed via irc, ciaranm (who is a native en_GB
12 >>>speaker) said that the correct form is: "an FAQ", the explanation being
13 >>>that FAQ it's spelled: ef a q, so it phonetically begins with a vocal,
14 >>>so it should be prefixed with 'an'.
15 >
16 >
17 > blackace and AllanonJL (both native speakers as well) say it's "a FAQ"
18 > not "an FAQ", so we have 2:1 for now...
19 >
20 > with regards,
21 > Łukasz Damentko
22
23
24 Yes indeed, ciaran is correct. You go by the "sound" not by the
25 spelling. That's why we say "an honor" instead of "a honor" (the h is
26 silent). But in the case of FAQ he is incorrect because it's pronounced
27 fa-ack not ef-ack. Silly en_GB speakers. :-)
28
29 For reference see here:
30 http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/a.html#a
31
32 or here:
33 http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#36
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Re: [gentoo-doc] Re: cvs commit: quick-samba-howto.xml Jack Dark <jackdark@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-doc] Re: cvs commit: quick-samba-howto.xml Shyam Mani <fox2mike@g.o>