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Subject: Re: [PATCH] tree-wide: trivial: s/ a SPI/ an SPI/
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To:     Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
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From:   Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@linaro.org>
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On 2/3/23 11:47, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 11:28:03AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 11:17 AM Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@linaro.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" ;-)
> 
> Yes, I do.  To the best of my knowledge most people just say "spy"
> rather than pronouncing the letters or anything.
> 
> In any case as I said in reply to one of the individual patches English
> isn't regular enough to go with hard and fast rules on anything, and the
> letter rule is much more commonly used where something is needed.  Using
> an here looks wrong to me, and the fact that a is so widely used does
> suggest that usage has escaped whatever rule there is.

Indeed:
$ git grep " a SPI" | wc -l
131
$ git grep " an SPI" | wc -l
88

Ok, let's drop this patch.

Cheers,
ta