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>To anyone out there who would use "an you-are-ell" -- how
>about FAQ: is it "an eff-ay-cue" or "a fack"?
I say you-are-ell and fack.
As far as I can remember I was responsible for:
>>>I pronounce URL as you-are-ell, because that seems the natural way to
>>>me. If I'd heard it spoken before I saw it in print I might pronounce
>>>it differently.
I fully agree with the rule that a or an is determined by how you pronounce
what follows and agree that difficulties arise when one has only met
acronyms and words of non-obvious pronunciation in print. That's how I met
URL and FAQ.
