Re: [docs] [PATCH] ref-manual: document Rust classes

[Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>]

On 16.01.23 at 17:34, Richard Purdie wrote:
>
>>> I'd disagree on this one. If you read "src", what you pronounce ("S. R.
>>> C.") starts with a vowel, hence the use of "an".
>>>
>>> https://editorsmanual.com/articles/indefinite-article-a-an-with-abbreviations/
>>> seems to agree with me, but I'd be happy to be corrected!
>>>
>>> Thanks for the proofreading!
>> As a native speaker, it is definitely "a source" or "a src", "an src"
>> just sounds plain wrong to me!
> I was thinking a bit more about this, I think the reason is that you'd
> always pronounce this as "source", I'm not sure how you'd say "src" out
> loud! :)


That's what's difficult with English, there are so many different uses 
of it, and I'm saying "S. R. C." while you say "source" for "src".
Anyway, you win as a native speaker :)

Thanks
Michael.

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