Using A or AN with acronyms. Do you know it lends on the sound and NOT the letter?

[00:00:00]WLAN >> Wi-Fi >> Thank you, it's Wi-Fi.

[00:00:05]Okay, so is it an or a Wi-Fi? A an or a Wi-Fi system?

[00:00:10]>> A Wi-Fi system.

[00:00:11]>> A Wi-Fi system. Okay, next one, universal serial bus. What is that?

[00:00:16]>> USB >> USB. So is it a or an USB port?

[00:00:22]It's what?

[00:00:24]And I put USA, y'all.

[00:00:27]Did y'all not tell me that I put in USA for USB?

[00:00:32]Okay, it's what?

[00:00:34]A USB port. Next one, global positioning system.

[00:00:39]GPS, is it a or an GPS? Which one?

[00:00:44]A GPS tracker.

[00:00:47]Uh please stop doing that. Portable No, it's not. It's portable document format.

[00:00:54]Okay, PDF.

[00:00:57]Is it a or an PDF form?

[00:01:00]A PDF form.

[00:01:01]>> Are they just all A?

[00:01:03]>> Uh excuse you. Uniform resource locator.

[00:01:08]URL. Is it a or an URL?

[00:01:12]A URL. This one, information technology.

[00:01:17]>> IT >> IT.

[00:01:20]Is it a or an IT?

[00:01:22]An I is an IT class?

[00:01:25]Okay.

[00:01:26]Uh next one, artificial intelligence detection.

[00:01:30]AI. Is it an or a AI?

[00:01:34]An AI detection or is it a AI?

[00:01:38]An AI detection. And video home system.

[00:01:44]Have you ever heard of that before?

[00:01:46]>> Absolutely.

[00:01:47]>> VHS tape. Is it an or a VHS tape?

[00:01:51]A. And the last one, digital video disc.

[00:01:55]DVD It's what?

[00:01:56]>> DVD DVD. Is it an or a DVD player?

[00:02:00]>> A DVD player.

[00:02:01]>> A DVD player. You're talking in the middle of this lesson. Excuse you.

[00:02:06]Which one of these acronyms is the oldest?

[00:02:08]>> VHS >> VHS is the oldest. Which one is the youngest?

[00:02:14]>> AI >> And AI is the youngest. Okay. So, before today, did you know what each one of these words meant?

[00:02:22]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:02:23]>> You knew what each one of these words meant?

[00:02:25]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:02:25]>> Okay, which one was that was like, "Wow!" that you found out today? You didn't know Wi-Fi stood for wireless fidelity?

[00:02:32]>> not know that one. Okay, yeah.

[00:02:33]>> Okay, guess what? I didn't either. Okay.

[00:02:35]Someone asked me and I was like, "I don't know." So, I need to teach me and I need to teach you. So, you learned something new?

[00:02:42]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:02:42]>> So, that and I didn't know that PDF cuz I use PDFs all the time. But I didn't know what it meant. Portable document format. I I don't know what it I thought it meant. I just didn't So, most of these is not that we didn't know. We just didn't think about it, right?

[00:02:57]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:02:58]>> So, let me ask you something. Did you learn something new?

[00:03:01]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:03:01]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:03:02]>> Okay, AJ, you didn't learn anything new?

[00:03:04]>> I did.

[00:03:05]>> Okay, thank you.