Either way I have one for sale.

It’s the red/orange one with little wings.

As an English fanatic, I will answer this - in the case of using a/an before acronyms, it is appropriate to make the determination based on phonetics rather than the hard difference between consonant/vowel.

Meaning, when you see the acronym and you say it out loud, SoJ sounds like "Ess Oh Jay" and would therefore have "an" preceding it. "Found an Ess Oh Jay."

What if you pronounce it as a single word? Do most people pronounce it as S-O-J?

If you're a native English speaker, you will verbally spell out the acronym just instinctively, naturally. Ess, Oh, Jay - pronouncing each letter. Either that, or you'll simply say "Stone of Jordan."

No one reads acronyms as words. If you DID, however, SoJ would sound like "SOGE" and require "a" before it, of course... but no one does that.

(Although there are exceptions where it is widely accepted for certain specific acronyms to be read as a word, if the acronym actually spells out a real word.
For example, if there was an acronym made out of the letters "S.A.V.E" you would just say the word instead of the individual letters.

For example, there is the acronym "D.A.R.E." which most American kids growing up in the 90's and early 2000's would remember. (It was some kind of Drug awareness program in schools or something)

Native English speaker here.
I recall DARE and had the man, car, and dog visit my school.
I also say a word for other acronym things like PASS (point, aim, squeezed and sweep) and FAST (facial, arms, speech, time), etc.
That said, I do sometimes switch between H.V.A.C and H-Vac


I do enjoy the light side of JSP. Thank you.
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I do! 'A soge' is always what I say. Saying the full acronym vs one syllable

And things like jpeg, gif, I think it's the opposite where most people read it as a word instead of saying every letter.

This post was edited by CookiesssD2 on May 29 2026 10:15am

Exactly. Those examples are acronyms that happen to be real words, too. Just as I described as the "Exceptions"

HVAC is also commonly called H-VAC. and that is because the acronym just happens to be capable of being pronounced phonetically.

I'd say those would be the only other types of exceptions aside from acronyms that make up real words.

If the acronyms also have consonant and vowel placements that result in something that vaguely RESEMBLES / SOUNDS like a word.

SOJ is just awkward if you try to pronounce it as a word, so I simply don't think too many people are doing that.





I think you're a rare exception when it comes to pronouncing "SOJ" as a word and saying it as "SOGE"

But these little nuances and exceptions are just little things that contribute to my love of the language. It's so versatile and has so much possibility.


This post was edited by GetStabby on May 29 2026 01:20pm

So many words and so little offers for this BEAUTIFUL SODGE

🤣🤣

For the record, I also say SODGE

Heartbroken you didn't join us on SCCL this season 💔 😭

Well I think I speak for much of the HCCL community that we're heartbroken that people even play SCCL when HCCL exists!

Don't you be coming around here trying to steal my HCCL people away now, ya hear!? >=[