Re: Pronunciation of "FAQ"

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Kent Landfield (Kent_Landfield@sterling.com)
Sat, 23 Jul 94 20:01:24 CDT

> > 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

Thanks... I could not think of an example. This is a good one.

> 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...

FAQs were initially pronounced eff-A-cues by Jonathan and others in conferences
and conversations. I'll keep using the original pronunciation. I guess that
most are just trying to reduce acronyms to the fewest syllables. Next let's
try SMTP. :-)
-Kent+

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