Notepad-plus-plus: Easter egg "Anonymous #152" should start with "An" instead of "A"

Created on 6 Dec 2017  路  3Comments  路  Source: notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus

What the title says. Since "SQL" is pronounced "es kju el", it starts with a spoken vowel, so the indefinite article is "an".
One examples source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_(grammar)#Indefinite_article

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Many people pronounce it "sequel", which would make starting with "A" correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL
https://english.stackexchange.com/a/7234

There is no standard and it's a matter of preference, so if Don pronounces it as a word not an abbreviation, I guess he's not going to change it. Not that he's probably worried about the grammar of Easter eggs...

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Many people pronounce it "sequel", which would make starting with "A" correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL
https://english.stackexchange.com/a/7234

There is no standard and it's a matter of preference, so if Don pronounces it as a word not an abbreviation, I guess he's not going to change it. Not that he's probably worried about the grammar of Easter eggs...

@Fabian42

the real easter egg was omitting the "n", and you have successfully found it. 馃槈馃憤

thank you for your help and best regards.

Why "wontfix"?

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