From: Robert Pruitt Date: March 26 1999 2:29pm Subject: Re: List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/1017 Message-Id: <36FB99CC.4B52B159@mid-tn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Fred Read wrote: > > > Really, SQL should be pronounced "Ess Queue Ell" in the same > way you would pronounce CPU "See Pee You" and not "Kerpooh" > or "Sepugh" - it is not an acronym but a set of initials... > > As a reference, may I refer my learned colleague [and anyone > else sad enough to care] to the following URL? > > "http://www.mysql.com/Manual/manual.html#IDX2" > > > -- > > If it ain't opinionated, it ain't Rich Teer. Well, Rich, Just what is an acronym? It's a word formed by combining initial letters. Mysequel, or even mysqueel for that matter, is in the same relative position as ain't. For years ain't twern't a word. Today, however, it's in the dictionary. It's common usage that will dictate, no matter how many English gurus, or programming gurus, fight for purity. That is, in my opinion, the beauty of the English language. I should know. I live in Tennessee. We all be expurts at that type thang.... Robert