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I once wrote “an FAQ” and someone corrected me that it should be “a FAQ”. Turns out she pronounced it “fak” and not “ef ay cue”

As a 'fak', pronounce, eff ay queue' is far too long.

Haven’t seen much discussion of “a” changing between “uh” and “ay”. “Uh RV” is hard to say. “Ay RV” is not so bad. I still prefer “an RV” as well.

When people get this wrong, ask them to spell it out phonetically. We sometimes forget that our language is more based on sound than sight.

An arrvee.

But I bet she drives a Recreational Vehicle instead of an Recreational Vehicle.