On 2023-08-17 11:19:42, tempforever wrote:
> 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).  :-)

On Soma.fm, they have a "DJ" which is just a voice synthesizer really,
that is called "Big URL", pronounced "Earl". That's their little joke.

> 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
> >>
> >>
>
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