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From: Alin Dobre <alin@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-doc@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-doc] Re: cvs commit: quick-samba-howto.xml
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:26:21 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43406C9D.1040300@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200510022118.j92LIYXr029211@robin.gentoo.org>

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Lukasz Damentko wrote:
> rane        05/10/02 21:26:32
> 
>   Modified:    xml/htdocs/doc/en quick-samba-howto.xml
>   Log:
>   minor fix (an FAQ -> a FAQ) thx to mad939 for reporting - NO OTHER CONTENT CHANGE

the last time this was discussed via irc, ciaranm (who is a native en_GB
speaker) said that the correct form is: "an FAQ", the explanation being
that FAQ it's spelled: ef a q, so it phonetically begins with a vocal,
so it should be prefixed with 'an'.

am i right or am i wrong?

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Alin DOBRE
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Gentoo Documentation Project: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/
Gentoo.RO Community:          http://www.gentoo.ro/
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       reply	other threads:[~2011-10-31  3:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200510022118.j92LIYXr029211@robin.gentoo.org>
2005-10-02 23:26 ` Alin Dobre [this message]
2005-10-02 23:44   ` [gentoo-doc] Re: cvs commit: quick-samba-howto.xml Ioannis Aslanidis
2005-10-02 23:55     ` Łukasz Damentko
2005-10-03  1:07       ` Curtis Napier
2005-10-03  2:39         ` Jack Dark
2005-10-03  4:14           ` Curtis Napier
2005-10-03  4:21         ` Shyam Mani
2005-10-03  4:43           ` Curtis Napier
2005-10-03  5:30             ` Marc Serra
2005-10-03  6:02             ` Shyam Mani
2005-10-03  8:24               ` Ioannis Aslanidis
2005-10-03 13:06               ` Peter Humphrey
2005-10-04  2:00               ` Jack Dark
2005-10-03 12:59       ` Peter Humphrey
2005-10-03  4:17   ` Shyam Mani
2005-10-03 13:18     ` Peter Humphrey
2005-10-04 16:15       ` Sven Vermeulen
2005-10-04 21:58         ` Xavier Neys
2005-10-05 15:48           ` Sven Vermeulen
2005-10-05  9:15 Trembleau, Alain

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