15 Jul
2009
15 Jul
'09
5:06 p.m.
On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Ray Arachelian wrote:
Jules Richardson wrote:
Saying "SQL" == "squeal" makes me think of engine trouble, to wit, a
belt
and a pulley about to destroy themselves.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
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. :)