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Message no. 1
From: Jai Tao <jdfalk@****.CAIS.COM>
Subject: (fwd) [news.newusers.questions] Re: FAQ pronunciation
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 19:18:08 -0400
Ever wanted to know how to pronounce FAQ? This little gem I
found should help ya out...

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From: dattier@***.COM (David W. Tamkin)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: FAQ pronunciation

jms@*******.com (John M. Salimbene) wrote in <2u2uth$q0d@*****.infinet.com>:

| I know that FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions but what I don't know
| (and haven't seen in any FAQ) is how it is pronounced orally: Fack or
| Eff-Aie-Que? Since many (most?) of the acronyms on the net seem to be
| pronounced rather than spelled out, my bet is that its Fack. Any definitive
| answer to this?

The commonly accepted pronunciation is a compromise: two letters are sounded
as if they were forming a syllable and the third letter is named: it is 'fuh
queue'.

That's not only how it's tongued when it stands for "frequently asked ques-
tion." When it means a compilation of frequently asked questions and their
answers, that's 'fuh queue' too.
Message no. 2
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: (fwd) [news.newusers.questions] Re: FAQ pronunciation
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 18:30:59 +0100
On Wed, 22 Jun 1994, Jai Tao wrote:

> The commonly accepted pronunciation is a compromise: two letters are sounded
> as if they were forming a syllable and the third letter is named: it is 'fuh
> queue'.
>
> That's not only how it's tongued when it stands for "frequently asked ques-
> tion." When it means a compilation of frequently asked questions and their
> answers, that's 'fuh queue' too.

That's about what I want to answer when people keep asking the same thing
over and over and over and over and over again. For example "Why was I
deleted?"

ARRRRRRRRRRGH!

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Message no. 3
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: (fwd) [news.newusers.questions] Re: FAQ pronunciation
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 22:03:30 -0500
(Just so Rob doesn't have to answer: READ THE FAQ)
Message no. 4
From: Phaedrus <jthomson@******.BATES.EDU>
Subject: Re: (fwd) [news.newusers.questions] Re: FAQ pronunciation
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 23:47:27 -0400
Very niceuh, very niceuh....
Message no. 5
From: Jai Tao <jdfalk@****.CAIS.COM>
Subject: Re: (fwd) [news.newusers.questions] Re: FAQ pronunciation
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 23:53:03 -0400
On Wed, 22 Jun 1994, Phaedrus wrote:

> Very niceuh, very niceuh....
>
The next question is, how do you pronounce Phaedrus? Perhaps it
is pronounced like "drek," only with a P... *evil grin*
(BTW, this is an inside joke -- I've known the person on the
other side of that account for seven or eight years now, and we've been
calling him Peck since 1987.)

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
/ / / "You might go to Hell in that Pinto, boy, / / /
/ / / / but this'll get you back." / / / / / / / / /
/ / / / / -Highway to Hell (movie) / / / / / / / / Jai Tao
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / <jdfalk@****.com>
Message no. 6
From: Phaedrus <jthomson@******.BATES.EDU>
Subject: Re: (fwd) [news.newusers.questions] Re: FAQ pronunciation
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 15:26:36 -0400
> On Wed, 22 Jun 1994, Phaedrus wrote:
>
> > Very niceuh, very niceuh....
> >
> The next question is, how do you pronounce Phaedrus? Perhaps it
> is pronounced like "drek," only with a P... *evil grin*
> (BTW, this is an inside joke -- I've known the person on the
> other side of that account for seven or eight years now, and we've been
> calling him Peck since 1987.)
>
> / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
> / / / "You might go to Hell in that Pinto, boy, / / /
> / / / / but this'll get you back." / / / / / / / / /
> / / / / / -Highway to Hell (movie) / / / / / / / / Jai Tao
> / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / <jdfalk@****.com>
>
I'm certain this whole thing has NO relevance whatsoever to SR,
but if you must know...Phaedrus is pronounced, "fay-drus" or something
like that. As far as "dr(P)eck" goes, give it up...Jai Tao.

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