Rousey on Ripa
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What's Ripa?
Actually, I believe "a mma star" is correct. You wouldn't say "an mixed martial arts star".
If using the full description, yes.....but do you say "I'm going to have a m and m"
I could be wrong, I'm no expert. However, it seems like one of those cases where it sounds wrong to say it the correct way.
it's based on the phonetic sound of the first syllable.
an "em em ay" star.
a "mi xsd" martial arts star.
an "em and em"
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Those are full words and not abbreviations.
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The letter M is not an abbreviation or an acronym.
The point is that the a/an distinction is based on phonetics and not orthography.
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In the term "MMA" it is.
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The only reason it's an is because of the letter M, which is pronounced em.
It would be the same as saying a U.N. meeting.
The meaning of the "M" itself doesn't change.
"A U.N. meeting." would be correct, just as "A United Nations meeting." is correct. You wouldn't say "An United Nations meeting"?
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No, for the same reason I wouldn't say an mixed martial arts fighter.
Phonetics and not orthography is the point. You're arguing just to argue. Stop.
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@ConorMcGregorsBeard you're gonna force me to think of an acronym in which the letter "u" in the word sounds like oo and not yoo. I don't feel like it.
I'm really not. Abbreviating a word to a single letter doesn't negate the complete word or in turn the meaning of the singular letter. The easiest example would be abbreviations associated with units of measurement. In some instances the word itself is replaced by a non linguistic character, but the pronunciation and how it's treated grammatically don't change.
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Pronounced joo
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