Just the FAQs, ma'am.

[Kodos]

How do you pronounce FAQ? I always say "FAK" in my head, but I hear people say F. A. Q. from time to time.

[vex]

F A Q

[johnnyshaka]

I'm a "FAK"er as well. I'm too lazy to do it the other way.

[RedKingGold]

Frequently Asked Questions

[Logan]

I'm a dumb fak'er.

And I really don't understand the "F A Q" crowd. The purpose of abbreviations is to make things easier to say. Just read the damn word.

[Klinglerware]

fak or fa-q. As in "fa-q newbie, read this first before you bother me with your questions."

[spleen1015]

Fak for sure.

[Ksyrup]

FAK. The only reason it is shortened in the first place is to make it quicker. It defeats the purpose to say each letter individually, or certainly to say each word.

[vex]

Kodos...where's the poll?

[Kodos]

SkyDog removed my Poll button.



























Okay, not really. :)

[Maple Leafs]

I work in web marketing so we see these all the time. I prefer F - A - Q but I think fahk is acceptable too.

By the way, many people don't know this but in web marketing the term FAQ stands for "Questions that nobody would ever ask even once, let alone frequently, but we'd really like it if they did and besides we're scared of the questions they really want to ask".

[MJ4H]

I usually make jokes about the accompanying frequently unanswered questions.

[Lorena]

F A Q

No I don't fak it

[oliegirl]

Ironic that this was posted...I actually got into an argument with someone last week when I asked if they had looked online for the "fahks" to help with their problem and was then lectured at length about how they are called F A Q's...glad to know I'm not the only one that calls them by the abbreviation to the abbreviation :)

[Logan]

It strikes me as even more weird when the pronunciation of just the letters is actually longer than the pronunciation of the full phrase...mostly when Ws are involved.

[Terps]

F A Q

Don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to it as FAK.

[KevinNU7]

FAK

[Ksyrup]

I have never even thought to say F A Q, since the whole point of the abbreviation in the first place is to make it quick and easy to say. Why say with 3 syllables what is easily said with just 1?

Not to mention - and perhaps I'm wrong about this - but I have always assumed that FAQs were pronounced as FAKS to create a clever double meaning, as in, these as the "facts" about the underlying subject. That's why pronouncing it as FAKs makes even more sense above and beyond the shortening of the 3 words.

[rkmsuf]

who gives a fak

[Logan]

Not to mention - and perhaps I'm wrong about this - but I have always assumed that FAQs were pronounced as FAKS to create a clever double meaning, as in, these as the "facts" about the underlying subject. That's why pronouncing it as FAKs makes even more sense above and beyond the shortening of the 3 words.

You are not alone my friend...I've thought the same thing.

[Ksyrup]

who gives a fak


Is that a rhetorical FAQ?

[DaddyTorgo]

FAK

[Lorena]

So do the people that call F A Qs FAKs the same people that call soda "pop"?

[Logan]

So do the people that call F A Qs FAKs the same people that call soda "pop"?

No. People who call soda "soda" know how to read the word "FAQ."

[Ksyrup]

I don't understand how the 2 are related. I say FAKs and pop. But the pop/soda thing is clearly regional, and I don't see any basis for the F A Q / FAKs thing drawing any kind of comparison.

EDIT: Bah, the direct link doesn't work. You'll have to use the one below.


Interactive link:

http://www.popvssoda.com/countystats/total-county.html

[TroyF]

Always say Fak. I pretty much agree with everything Ksyrup said in this thread.

[Greyroofoo]

Pronouncing FAQ as F A Q is like pronouncing LASER as L A S E R

[Pumpy Tudors]

Pronouncing FAQ as F A Q is like pronouncing LASER as L A S E R
...but it... is... pronounced "L-A-S-E-R"... right?

Right?

Right?

[st.cronin]

I don't believe I have ever been in a situation where I had to say it out loud.

[oykib]

Fak.

[Groundhog]

Fak.

[sabotai]

Fak. I've always pronounced it that way (going way back to the dark ages).

And I say soda.

[Vinatieri for Prez]

I go with the pronunciation: "fah-queue"



I stole that one.

[molson]

I don't get the Fak crowd. It would be quicker just to say the word formed by the abbreviations "CIA" or "NFL" or "FBI" or "ATM", but we don't, because it sounds stupid, just like the word "FAQ" does.

[Vinatieri for Prez]

FAQ sounds like Fact, that's why it doesn't sound stupid. So it's different than your examples.

[Ksyrup]

Yeah, I'm not sure how you can compare "fak' to, "I'm looking forward to the 'niffle' playoffs this weekend," or "It's a good thing the 'fibbie' is cracking down on bank crime, because I need to go to the 'atom' to get some money."

FAQ works as "fak" because (a) it sounds like a real, 1-syllable word and (b) it sounds just like "fact," which is precisely what FAQs are.

[Logan]

I heart ridiculously stupid debates.

Hey, any of you guys ever go ess cee you bee ay diving?





You really gonna tell me "SCUBA" didn't sound like a dumb word when it was first used?

[Ksyrup]

But it sounds like a real word, and therefore has become accepted as one. Same with 'laser.' Many acronyms are designed to either spell a real word or have the same conventional structure as a real word, so that they can be pronounced. In contrast, NFL and CIA, for example, are not in that category.

I'm sure there are a few examples of stupid-sounding acronyms we nonetheless pronounce. Right off the top of my head, I can think of one - 'ribbie,' which some people say when talking about RBIs. But it's a clear minority in its use.

[molson]

But it sounds like a real word, and therefore has become accepted as one.


Is sounds as much like a real word as "Niffle". Why do you insist on hurting our country and its values?

[Ksyrup]

But 'is' is a real world, so whether it sounds like one or not is irrelevant. 'Pantywaist' sounds pretty fucking stupid too, but it exists. Niffle has no context as a word other than the acronym it is derived from. So, how it sounds and whether using it is preferable to the acronym it is based on is the standard. And I'm thinking that at this point, history has proven that Niffle has gotten it's ass kicked by N F L. The people have spoken!

[Pumpy Tudors]

No, seriously, you're not supposed to spell out "LASER"?

[Ksyrup]

No, seriously, you're not supposed to spell out "LASER"?

No, you're not. But if you're a rebel, you can go with the alternative pronunciation - lah-SEER - to voice your disapproval.

[Huckleberry]

I had never heard of pronouncing it fak until I read this thread.

[Logan]

No, you're not. But if you're a rebel, you can go with the alternative pronunciation - lah-SEER - to voice your disapproval.

You can also "air-quote" it if you're hellbent on world domination. And come on, this is Pumpy we're talking about.