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cooksp53
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04 Aug 2015, 6:14 am

Hi Wrong Planet,
I am a 32yr old recently diagnosed with ASD. I live in Cincinnati with an NT wife, an autistic daughter, and an NT son. (off topic does anyone know the rules for "a" and "an" with abbreviations?)
Growing up without a diagnosis, or parents and teachers that were interested in helping a struggling kid, I bounced from school to school eventually went into the Marines then college and marriage after that. I like sports, philosophy, and Batman.

Thanks for reading!



Myriad
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04 Aug 2015, 11:14 am

Hi and welcome to Wrong Planet!

From my understanding, it depends on how you pronounce the abbreviation. For example, with the initialism 'NT', it begins with a vowel sound (as if the word is 'en-tee'), so 'an' would precede it. With an acronym like NASA though, it would be preceded by 'a' because you're pronouncing it as a whole word (beginning with the 'n' sound). I hope that makes sense (I'm not the best at explaining things like that :) )!


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04 Aug 2015, 2:40 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet!


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04 Aug 2015, 5:02 pm

Hey cooksp53 welcome. :sunny:


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