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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,
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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
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
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