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Subject:Re: How do you pronouce LED? From:"Folena, Shannon" <SFolena -at- CKSYS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 4 Aug 1998 13:59:59 -0700
Janet wrote:
> I am trying to decide whether to use *a* or *an* in front of this
> acronym. Do people generally spell out LED when they say it? Or do
> they
> pronounce it as if it were a heavy metal?
>
My response:
Janet, if you are referring to a Light Emitting Diode (LED), then the
answer is that most people do spell it out when they pronounce it.
Therefore, since we should use the article based on an acronym's
pronunciation, we should write "an LED" in documentation.
Take care,
Shannon
Shannon Folena,
Technical Writer
C&K Systems, Inc.
625 Coolidge Drive
Folsom, CA 95630-3155
SFolena -at- cksys -dot- com
(916) 353-5368
