Re: "a" or "an" before a vowel sound file extension

Subject: Re: "a" or "an" before a vowel sound file extension
From: Writers Book Mall <steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com>
To: Dennis DeSantis <dennis -at- dennisdesantis -dot- com>, techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 09:04:22 -0700 (PDT)

In my head (and take it for what that's worth!), I
hear "an aaa" - i.e. with no "dot".

Steve

--- Dennis DeSantis <dennis -at- dennisdesantis -dot- com> wrote:
> "[...] with a .aaa file extension"
>
> or
>
> "[...] with an .aaa file extension"
>
> The question really is about how the extension is
> read. Is the dot read
> in your head as the word "dot," or is it just
> glossed over/implied?

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