alt Hacker NewsTo keep it simple, you use an when the first letter of the next word sounds like a vowel when pronounced (vowel sound) and appplies to ancronyms too. Otherwise you use a.
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gertrunde • today at 9:37 AM
The one that I often find irritating is SQL...
An "ess queue ell", but a "sequel".
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Yes, I'm well aware. I'm responding to the code in the OP's article (you need to click through the link at the bottom of the HN submission--I have no idea why the OP blog has two separate pages for this).