Re: Pronunciation of "FAQ"

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Aliza R. Panitz (buglady@bronze.lcs.mit.edu)
Sat, 23 Jul 1994 16:48:06 -0400

> So how do you pronounce "FAQ"?
>
> I have heard two different pronunciations. One rhymes with Jack. The
> other is pronounced "eff-A-cue". One can tell, generally, by reading
> someone's FAQ, which pronunciation they prefer by whether they state "a
> FAQ" or "an FAQ" (if of couse that appears in the FAQ).

I've heard a third pronunciation once, 'fawk', which I dislike.

Kent said:
>
> I pronounce it eff-A-cue. Many acronyms are most properly pronounced
> by their letters. This seems to be one of them. When does a 'Q'
> sound like a hard 'K' ?

IRAQ

In fact, in any word in which the 'q' is not followed by a 'u'.

Of course, Usenet contains an abnormally high percentage of people
who get their vocabulary through text, and may not know the
pronunciation of some words they use regularly...

- Aliza

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