Re: ADMIN: Being nice to each other

[Janet Valade <janetv -at- MAIL -dot- SYSTECH -dot- COM>]

> The "LED" discussion, for
> example, probably could have been answered by referring the member to a
> style guide.  I think some list members tend to use the list as a personal
> assistant.
>
Well, here I am, getting all defensive.  As the person guilty of the crime
of not knowing the consensus on how to pronounce LED, I am confused as to
the dumbness of this.  Is it because there was such an agreement on the
pronunciation? And I need a reference to the style guide that provides
guidance on the pronunciation of technical abbreviations and acronyms.

Just as a note:  I learned to check such things from being on this list.  I
learned to be alert for differences from a discussion we had some time ago
about SQL.  I had only heard it as S-Q-L and thought that was the *only*
way.  I learned on the list that both S-Q-L and Sequel are used.  This is
another case in which the pronuniciation determines "a" or "an".  If I had
asked how to pronounce SQL and half the answers had said use "a" and half
had said use "an", would it still be a dumb question?

Janet


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> Janet Valade,
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