If we have to choose, I agree with 'blink a led' lower case. if we where to make a lib or file, it would have to be lower case to agree with jallib.py validate.
eg blink_a_led.jal Matt On Nov 3, 3:35 am, Rob Hamerling <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi William. > > William wrote: > > We're just having fun here, right? > > It is not just fun. I asked whether it is "blink a led" or "blink an > LED" because in my opinion we in Jallib (-documentation, etc.) should > use one or the other, not a both. > > In the English wikipedia I read: > > > 'A' and 'an' function as the indefinite forms of the grammatical > > article in the English language and can also represent the number > > one. An is the older form (related to one, cognate to German ein; > > etc), now used before words starting with a vowel sound, regardless > > of whether the word begins with a vowel letter.[1] Examples: a > > light-water reactor; an LWR (Note: When an acronym is spelled out, > > rather than spelling out what it is that is represented by the > > letters in the acronym, the phonetics of the acronym should be used > > when reading the text aloud. So the use of "a" or "an" as shown in > > this example is correct based on the proper application of this > > rule); a sanitary sewer overflow; an SSO; a HEPA filter (because HEPA > > is pronounced as a word rather than as letters); an hour; a ewe; a > > one-armed bandit; an heir; a unicorn (begins with 'yu', a consonant > > sound). > > (Seb: a unicorn -> a university) > > So when LED is pronounced as a word it should be 'blink a led' and > when it is pronounced spelled with its letters it should be 'blink an LED'. > > In the English wikipedia I read that you have the choice to pronounce > 'LED' as a word or as an abbreviation (spelled). But they write it > consequently in uppercase, suggesting that the preferred pronunciation > is as abbreviation. > > In the Dutch wikipedia I read that 'led' is not anymore considered to be > an abbreviation but a noun, pronounced as a word and written in > lowercase ('led' is an imported word in the Dutch language, we have/use > no native Dutch term for it). > > If we agree about using one of both terms, I'm afraid we have to vote. > I would vote for 'blink a led' (all lower case). > > Regards, Rob. > > -- > Rob Hamerling, Vianen, NL (http://www.robh.nl/) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jallib?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
