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Pronunciation
Here's a silly question: how do you pronounce FOP? Is it three syllables,
eff-oh-pee; or is it one syllable, /fahp/ or something like that?
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Re: Pronunciation
Posted by Jay Bryant <ja...@bryantcs.com>.
Yes, you're right. My mistake.
As one pedant to another, thanks for catching my slip. :)
Jay Bryant
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From: "Martin Jacobson" <ja...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 3:43 AM
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> Surely, if one is being strict, an acronym is an abbreviation pronounced
> as a word: eg NATO is an acronym, but OECD is not.
>
> Pedant? Moi?
>
> On 16 Nov 2008, at 05:04, Jay Bryant wrote:
>
>> I pronounce it the latter way (as a single syllable). I think that, if
>> one were being strict, it should be three syllables, as one would do
>> with other acronyms. With FOP, though, it amuses me to conflate the
>> acronym with the term for a dandy (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fop)
>> . Such are the perils of a Master's degree in English Literature....
>>
>> Jay Bryant
>>
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>> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 1:36 PM
>> To: <fo...@xmlgraphics.apache.org>
>> Subject: Pronunciation
>>
>>>
>>> Here's a silly question: how do you pronounce FOP? Is it three
>>> syllables,
>>> eff-oh-pee; or is it one syllable, /fahp/ or something like that?
>>>
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Re: Pronunciation
Posted by Martin Jacobson <ja...@gmail.com>.
Surely, if one is being strict, an acronym is an abbreviation
pronounced as a word: eg NATO is an acronym, but OECD is not.
Pedant? Moi?
On 16 Nov 2008, at 05:04, Jay Bryant wrote:
> I pronounce it the latter way (as a single syllable). I think that,
> if one were being strict, it should be three syllables, as one would
> do with other acronyms. With FOP, though, it amuses me to conflate
> the acronym with the term for a dandy (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fop)
> . Such are the perils of a Master's degree in English Literature....
>
> Jay Bryant
>
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> From: "foretopman" <pi...@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 1:36 PM
> To: <fo...@xmlgraphics.apache.org>
> Subject: Pronunciation
>
>>
>> Here's a silly question: how do you pronounce FOP? Is it three
>> syllables,
>> eff-oh-pee; or is it one syllable, /fahp/ or something like that?
>>
>>
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Re: Pronunciation
Posted by foretopman <pi...@yahoo.com>.
Christopher R. Maden wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 23:04 -0600, Jay Bryant wrote:
>> With FOP, though, it amuses me to conflate the acronym with the
>> term for a dandy (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fop). Such are the
>> perils
>> of a Master's degree in English Literature....
>
> That was the point, actually. That the acronym for Formatting Object to
> PDF was also a word for someone obsessed with style was just
> irresistible.
>
> ~Chris, whose sole contribution to the project was the name...
>
Thanks guys. I should have known I wasn't the only one to make the
connection with dandies.
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Re: Pronunciation
Posted by "Christopher R. Maden" <cr...@maden.org>.
On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 23:04 -0600, Jay Bryant wrote:
> I pronounce it the latter way (as a single syllable). I think that, if one
> were being strict, it should be three syllables, as one would do with other
> acronyms. With FOP, though, it amuses me to conflate the acronym with the
> term for a dandy (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fop). Such are the perils
> of a Master's degree in English Literature....
That was the point, actually. That the acronym for Formatting Object to
PDF was also a word for someone obsessed with style was just
irresistible.
~Chris, whose sole contribution to the project was the name...
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Re: Pronunciation
Posted by Jay Bryant <ja...@bryantcs.com>.
I pronounce it the latter way (as a single syllable). I think that, if one
were being strict, it should be three syllables, as one would do with other
acronyms. With FOP, though, it amuses me to conflate the acronym with the
term for a dandy (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fop). Such are the perils
of a Master's degree in English Literature....
Jay Bryant
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From: "foretopman" <pi...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 1:36 PM
To: <fo...@xmlgraphics.apache.org>
Subject: Pronunciation
>
> Here's a silly question: how do you pronounce FOP? Is it three syllables,
> eff-oh-pee; or is it one syllable, /fahp/ or something like that?
>
>
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