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add guide to acronym pronunciation #65

Closed sformel-usgs closed 6 months ago

sformel-usgs commented 1 year ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. It's unclear how the standards MIMARKS and MIxS should be pronounced when said out loud.

Describe the solution you'd like Add information to the website with a phonetic pronunciation of how it is most often said by the creators/maintainers.

Describe alternatives you've considered Point to a paper or another place where this is already published. I did some searching but couldn't find it anywhere.

Additional context While MIGS and MIMS seem to be pretty straightforward, for MIMARKS, I've heard MY-MARKS and MEE-MARKS. For MIxS, I've heard Mix, Mixes, and My-sees. I realize this is kind of a superficial concern, but it would be simple way to remove a small stumbling block and help novices feel confident and comfortable asking questions about the standard.

only1chunts commented 1 year ago

Hi, thanks for raising this. I dont think we're particularly fussy about how its pronounced but you are correct that it would be good to provide some guidance. I will add it to the draft manuscript we are putting together as a point to cover. For me personally, I say "Mix-es", but use "My" as prefix for the individual checklists, e.g. My-Marks

sformel-usgs commented 1 year ago

That sounds reasonable. Thanks for taking the time to consider it!

only1chunts commented 6 months ago

added the pheonetic "MIX-ess" pronunciation to the standards-intro page.