Manfred Wassmann via Dng wrote:
> Sorry, that of course was the wrong place (URL = spoken You Are Ell)

I know someone who pronounces URL as a word, sounding similar to "Earl"
or "girl" (without the g).  :-)
According to the page you linked, it would indeed be a URL (when
pronounced as "You Are Ell"), because, although it begins with a vowel,
the sound is that of a y.
I hear from time to time, "an historical..." which used to bother me,
but I've gotten used to it.

>
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 11:04 AM Manfred Wassmann via Dng
> <dng@???> wrote:
>> Too often I stumbled upon a common spelling error here, so I decided
>> to comment on it in the hope it might help someone.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 10:48 PM o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>> [...]
>>> (maybe there is a page on this somewhere - - - if so - - - a url
>> My rule of thumb:
>> If "a ..." sounds like stutter use "an ..." instead.
>>
>> The longer story can be found here:
>> https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/how-do-you-know-whether-to-use-a-or-an
>>
>>