15 Jul
2009
15 Jul
'09
3:25 p.m.
On Jul 15, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Jules Richardson wrote:
I hear that one
pronounced as letters "EssCueEll" and as a word
"sequel", but I've never seen anyone try to write it any way other
than SQL. Are you saying you've seen it written that way?
No, just pronounced that way.
I don't mind it for most TLAs - but something about the SQL really
annoys. Maybe it was just that it always seemed to be pronounced as
individual letters for years, and everyone was happy with it that
way, then 'sequel' started appearing sometime in the 90s; I don't
like change for no good reason :-)
I've noticed a reason, but not a good one. Since SQL has become
more "mainstream" in the past decade or so, more and more clueless
newbies have been exposed to it. It's these people who I most often
hear saying "sequel".
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Lots of
acronymitis back then. Still a lot now, but users have had
more time to absorb some of it.
At least folk don't try to turn it back into a
word, like they
insist on
doing with some acronyms (e.g. "sequel", ugh).