15 Jul
2009
15 Jul
'09
4:59 p.m.
On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 18:57 -0400, Ray Arachelian wrote:
Jules Richardson wrote:
I always heard it as "sequel" because it was an extension to quel (query
language) and someone was making a little jokey.
Either way, its much better than some of the "tech training" people
around here that insist on pronouncing "www" as "dub-dub-dub"
I suppose the pronunciation of "etc" is a flamewar waiting to happen as
well :)
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 knew a guy that tried to get everyone to call it "squeal", (though he
mostly reserved it for SQL Server) -- sadly he didn't succeed. Kinda
like they tried to get scsi to be pronounced sexy instead of scuzzy, but
in reverse. :)