netdev - Re: [PATCH] tree-wide: trivial: s/ a SPI/ an SPI/

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Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2023 11:28:03 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>
Cc:     trivial@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, chrome-platform@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tree-wide: trivial: s/ a SPI/ an SPI/

Hi Tudor,

On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 11:17 AM Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org> wrote:
> The deciding factor for when a/an should be used is the sound
> that begins the word which follows these indefinite articles,
> rather than the letter which does. Use "an SPI" (SPI begins
> with the consonant letter S, but the S is pronounced with its
> letter name, "es.").

While I agree with your pronunciation, I believe the SPI maintainer
(which you forgot to CC) pronounces it in James Bond-style, i.e. rhymes
with "spy" ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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