Why do people...

[apsham]

Is it wrong that Ellis stole someone's joke from just 2 posts before him?

Naw, Mattman outshines that.

[Mattman]

Mattman wasn't joking. He does say that.

[Cactus Drags]

I heard someone try and pronounce it like it was a "qu." So it came out as Game fack-woos.

[MalaCloudy Black]

I heard someone try and pronounce it like it was a "qu." So it came out as Game fack-woos.

That.. that's awesome.

[Marsh]

F-A-Q.

It's an abbreviation of Frequently Asked Question. It is not an acronym.

An example of an acronym is FIFA or IKEA - these spoken words exist independently to their abbreviated counterparts (I.K.E.A.) to form a word that refers to 'Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd' but is not that word.

Another example is the commonly used word 'laser'. This is an acronym for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation' - but laser is a word in its own right.

Frequently Asked Question is abbreviated to F-A-Q, but that word cannot be turned into an acronym.

Although people can turn it into an acronym if they try hard enough, it would only serve to remove clarity as many people you speak to would not understand what you are on about- which would lead you to a much lengthier explanation than if you were to have correctly said F-A-Q to begin with. A good example of this would be the Phonejacker sketch, 'Hmv'. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QdIbKzBB1X8

The same bugs me with MySQL / MySequel, SCSI / Scuzzy, etc.

Why do people have to try so hard to be smart or clever? Why can't they just stick to abbreviations as they were intended?

[MalaCloudy Black]

Except there's two ways to pronounce it, so arguing over which way sounds less retarded is even more retarded than how retarded "fack" and "EFF AY CUE" already BOTH sound.

[stokeriño]

I would have closed this thread by now, of course, only I was optimistically hoping it would die on its own.

[MalaCloudy Black]

DO IT ANYWAY.

[stokeriño]

You're the boss...

Wait, no you're not! :@

[MalaCloudy Black]

Damn! I almost had him.

[kliq]

F-A-Q.

It's an abbreviation of Frequently Asked Question. It is not an acronym.

An example of an acronym is FIFA or IKEA - these spoken words exist independently to their abbreviated counterparts (I.K.E.A.) to form a word that refers to 'Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd' but is not that word.

Another example is the commonly used word 'laser'. This is an acronym for 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation' - but laser is a word in its own right.

Frequently Asked Question is abbreviated to F-A-Q, but that word cannot be turned into an acronym.

Although people can turn it into an acronym if they try hard enough, it would only serve to remove clarity as many people you speak to would not understand what you are on about- which would lead you to a much lengthier explanation than if you were to have correctly said F-A-Q to begin with. A good example of this would be the Phonejacker sketch, 'Hmv'. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QdIbKzBB1X8

The same bugs me with MySQL / MySequel, SCSI / Scuzzy, etc.

Why do people have to try so hard to be smart or clever? Why can't they just stick to abbreviations as they were intended?

I know this is a bit old, but as far as MySQL goes, people from MySQL AB have been known to pronounce it "MySequel" in the past, and the company has no issue with it.

Don't really think being smart or clever comes into it.