Re: "an SQL" vs. "a SQL" - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Rowley
Subject Re: "an SQL" vs. "a SQL"
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Msg-id CAApHDvpJTCPwQ+YSLUmPkj-gVtVU+waYdDjJ7TSWzzgxFL1cNQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: "an SQL" vs. "a SQL"  (Isaac Morland <isaac.morland@gmail.com>)
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On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 at 02:48, Isaac Morland <isaac.morland@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 at 10:43, David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> -       requires an MIT Kerberos installation and opens TCP/IP listen sockets.
>> +       requires a MIT Kerberos installation and opens TCP/IP listen sockets.
>>
>> I think all of these should use "a" rather than "an".
>
>
> “A MIT …”? As far as I know it is pronounced M - I - T, which would imply that it should use “an”. The following page
seemsbelievable and is pretty unequivocal on the issue: 
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> https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/como_se_dice/

Opps. I'm not sure what I was thinking there.  I'd just been listening
to something in German, so maybe I'd had the German word in mind
instead.

David



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