2 Aug
2010
2 Aug
'10
2:01 p.m.
I once met a very bright young woman who told me she was a "squeal" programmer.
A dirty mind is a joy forever. -- Ian
PS: I hear both "sequel" and "ess-cue-ell" about evenly.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 1:55 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: Pronouncing acronyms (was Re: DEC acronyms)
Or SQL.
"Sequel" is pretentious and unnecessarily adds an extra syllable.
It is more obviously "Squeal" or "Sqawl"