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... -- Chris Maden, text nerd <URL: http://crism.maden.org/ > Part of the fact-based community since 1975. GnuPG Fingerprint: C6E4 E2A9 C9F8 71AC 9724 CAA3 19F8 6677 0077 C319 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
