FAQ vs. FAQs

[abcdefz]

....now that I think about it, "FAQs" is incorrect, right? I mean, the "Q" stands for "questions," so FAQs would be "frequently asked questionses."

Kinda like "ATM machine." Sort of.

I'm going with "FAQ." (y)

[cookiepuss]

why do we call it a "pair" of pants when there is only one pant? because it has two legs? that doesn't make it a "pair". we don't make sense.

[Tzar]

a pair of sunnies

a pair of undies

[Dr Deaf]

so FAQs would be "frequently asked questionses."


ouch.

i think FAQ could mean just one frequently asked question. when more than one are added the FAQ pluralizes. somehow i think FAQs is ok.

i think it's like RPMs. revolutions per minute. the minutes aren't pluralized, the RPMs are. :D

[Lyman Zerga]

when someone is dead why does it say he/she dies and not he/she died?

[abcdefz]

i think it's like RPMs. revolutions per minute. the minutes aren't pluralized, the RPMs are. :D


"RPMs" isn't the plural for "RPM," though. Not for "revolutions per minute."

[abcdefz]

why do we call it a "pair" of pants when there is only one pant? because it has two legs? that doesn't make it a "pair". we don't make sense.


Oh, shit. I've been saying "pear."

I always assumed it came from "pear-shaped." :D

[Bob]

i'm going with bobby on this one. an FAQ is a frequently asked question. so a list of them would be a list of FAQs.

[abcdefz]

...the dictionary entries I can find so far -- dictionary.com says that "FAQ" stands for "frequently asked questions" (plural), and dict.die.net says it can be either.

(I also found FAAQ -- asked and anticiptated questions; hadn't seen that one before.

Hmmm.

I wonder if Strunk and White covers this yet. Or maybe the Chicago Manual of Style. Or EE Times.

[Dr Deaf]

i'm going with bobby on this one. an FAQ is a frequently asked question. so a list of them would be a list of FAQs.

/hi5


this probably isn't the place for this but here goes:

i watch beyond tomorrow (http://www.beyond2000.com/) and i think it's great how they say aluminum like: aloo_min_yum. so classy. do aussies' here say "aloo_min_yum?" also: cervical like survi_akal and battery like batt-tree. crazy.

[faz]

Kinda like "ATM machine." Sort of.


And "PIN Number"

[abcdefz]

And "PIN Number"



Oooooh --- good one.


I say that. :o

But now I'll stop.

[Bob]

...the dictionary entries I can find so far -- dictionary.com says that "FAQ" stands for "frequently asked questions" (plural), and dict.die.net says it can be either.

(I also found FAAQ -- asked and anticiptated questions; hadn't seen that one before.

Hmmm.

I wonder if Strunk and White covers this yet. Or maybe the Chicago Manual of Style. Or EE Times.

that's true. i consult FAQ's for videogames sometimes, and i don't say "i'm going to check the FAQs", i just say i'm looking for an FAQ. although, generally, FAQs for games aren't JUST questions, they're full walkthroughs and lists of stats and strategies and whatever the hell else. maybe game faqs are an anomaly.

[Tzar]

that's true. i consult FAQ's for videogames sometimes, and i don't say "i'm going to check the FAQs", i just say i'm looking for an FAQ. although, generally, FAQs for games aren't JUST questions, they're full walkthroughs and lists of stats and strategies and whatever the hell else. maybe game faqs are an anomaly.
alls i know is when i check the game FAQs for that one specific FAQ, it's never there. ALWAYS happens and it shiterizes me right off :mad:

[Kid Presentable]

for an FAQ.
An FAQ?

[Bob]

An FAQ?

i pronounce it "eff eh kyoo". "a eff" sounds funny. i guess if you pronounced it "fack" the an would be weird.

[Kid Presentable]

i pronounce it "eff eh kyoo". "a eff" sounds funny. i guess if you pronounced it "fack" the an would be weird.
Yeah, I'm all "FAQ the world!".

[jlees_mcsd]

FAQ this thread. I say it like 'facts' or 'fax' so I make it plural when I say it.
I'm just faqing around with ya. Well hey hope ya find the freaking meaning. LOL

[Ace42X]

....now that I think about it, "FAQs" is incorrect, right? I mean, the "Q" stands for "questions," so FAQs would be "frequently asked questionses."

Kinda like "ATM machine." Sort of.

I'm going with "FAQ." (y)

ATM Machine is an example of RAS Syndrome (Redundant Acronym Syndrome). FAQs is not.

You can have one Frequently Asked Question in a list of Frequently Asked Questions (A FAQ in a FAQ) or many Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) in a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions list).

Similarly, you can have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) amongst the other FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions).

The lower case denotes a plural, not necessarily of the whole expression. Can be a plural of "FAQ" or of "Questions" specifically.

[jackrock]

Ace, I am upgrading you to super saiyan

[jlees_mcsd]

ATM Machine is an example of RAS Syndrome (Redundant Acronym Syndrome). FAQs is not.

You can have one Frequently Asked Question in a list of Frequently Asked Questions (A FAQ in a FAQ) or many Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) in a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions list).

Similarly, you can have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) amongst the other FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions).

The lower case denotes a plural, not necessarily of the whole expression. Can be a plural of "FAQ" or of "Questions" specifically.

Here I'm trying to come up with smart ass replies and you whip out some English Major shit and go all LITERAL and shit. You rock! :cool:

[Lyman Zerga]

only god can answer my question i guess

[YoungRemy]

RBI's in baseball...


Runs Batted In's?

[marsdaddy]

Military Intelligence?

[Bob]

RBI's in baseball...


Runs Batted In's?

yeah, those ones get me too, where the word that should be plural isn't the last letter of the acronym. it sounds weird saying "R'sBI" though. even weirder typing it.