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... by people confused by FAQs!?



I think it predates FAQs. It just looks like it should be an acronym. Besides, there's no X in Facsimile.



These are the jokes, folks (such as they are). FAQs is often pronounced facks just as fax is.

Facs doesn't look like any English word I can think of except sacs which is plural. However, box, fox, sax, Vax, etc. are singular, thus fax follows the spelling "rule" for a singular noun that ends in the "ks" sound. None of which explains why someone would want to use it in all caps.



No, but Inselpeter did; didn't you, inselpeter?

inselpeter: well, I, uh . . .

Oh, spit it out, you old gas bag. You did and you know it.