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Subject:Re: How do you pronouce LED? From:Howard and Becky Faye <habco -at- INTERNET-ZAHAV -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:26:19 +0300
Janet,
It would be 'an LED' since the 'el' sound is predominant at the beginning.
And, the pronunciation is el-ee-dee . . . the actual letters. It is an
acronym.
Regards,
Rebecca Faye
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From: Janet Valade <janetv -at- MAIL -dot- SYSTECH -dot- COM>
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Date: Tuesday, August 04, 1998 11:35 PM
Subject: How do you pronouce LED?
> 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?
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> Janet
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