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Subject:Re: A FAQ or an FAQ? From:"Kelly Williamson" <kwcwtech -at- iwaynet -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 1 Aug 2001 13:08:51 -0400
Have to throw in my two cents as another Midwesterner....I've actually never
heard anyone say "fak". This is the first time I've heard that people say it
that way. I've always heard "eff ay kyew" as well.
/k
> Meg Ehr wrote:
> >Hmmm. Maybe it's regional -- in the Midwest, I've only heard it
pronounced
> >"fak" a few times, and found it as unpleasant as Bryan found "eff ay
kyew."
> Steven Silver wrote:
> I'm also in the Midwest but I've generally heard it pronounced "Fak" and
> find it quite strange to hear the letters said, which I usually take to
mean
> that it is being said by someone to whom the term is relatively new.
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