User talk:Kittle

First off, welcome aboard. With your interest in 'Mechs, I hope you ran across Project BattleMechs. Feel free to sign up if you'd like. As to your question, I have no idea about the grammatically correct way to deal with acronyms, so I usually try not to (one LRM-15, etc.). When in doubt, I got with the method that sounds better, because, really, that's all a/an is about. As for BTech products, there are many websites you can order from if you'd like, including BattleCorps' BattleShop (www.battlecorps.com/catalog) and Dragon's Trove for some older stuff (www.dragonstrove.com). I don't know if you've done it already or not, but if you're looking for CBT players, sign up at www.commandohq.com and see if anybody is running anything. --Scaletail 09:52, 7 September 2007 (CDT)

Welcome! I'm glad you've joined us in our sometimes fanaticism. :) If you have questions about the early stuff (Fourth Succession War and earlier), let me know - I know most of that stuff pretty well (including the 'Mech designs). From 3030+, though, the rest of the gang is probably better able to answer your questions, but I'll try gamely. :)

In answer to your question on the new user page, the way to tell whether you should use "a" or "an" is to actually speak it aloud. If a word or acronym, like LRM, starts with a vowel-like sound (in this case "ell"), then "an" is correct. Otherwise, "a" would be used. Hope that helps with that.

I hope that helps! Bdevoe 16:12, 7 September 2007 (CDT)