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Subject:Re: A FAQ or an FAQ? From:"Martin Soderstrom" <scribbler1382 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:19:26 -0400
> widely considered correct. (FWIW, too, I've never heard anyone pronounce
FAQ
> anything but "fak".)
I think that's the key, Jane. If your users/industry/sector pronounce it
"fak", then "a FAQ" would be phonetically correct. If they pronounce it
"F.A.Q.", then "an F.A.Q." would be correct. And FWIW, I've frequently
heard people use both.
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