in reply to Re^2: RFC Is this readable?
in thread RFC Is this readable?

And, because of the phonetic rules, you use "an". As in "An Ecks-Em-Ell editor". It's all about vocal pronounciation. If you pronounced "XML" as "ksml", then, sure, you would use "a" - but I don't have any idea on how to form that sound, and everyone I know pronounces "XML" by saying each letter seperately, leaving us with the leading "e" sound from "X".

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Re^4: RFC Is this readable?
by jdporter (Paladin) on Oct 16, 2005 at 16:41 UTC

    And for the exact same reason, it is proper to write "a URL", not "an URL" (unless, of course, you're a non-geek and you pronounce it "earl").

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