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Robert Pruitt wrote:
> 
> Fred Read wrote:
> 
> > <Holy War>
> >
> > 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"
> >
> > </Holy War>
> 
> 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.

Actually, my name is Fred, not Rich and according to my dictionary, 
an acronyn is: 

    "a word, pronounced as such, formed from the initials
     of other words eg: LASER, RADAR etc."

Therefore PIN, RAM, NATO and UNESCO are acromyns but CPU, DHL and UPS 
[You Pee Ess] are not.

> I should know. I live in Tennessee. We all be expurts at that type
> thang....

Indeed! Did you check the URL I gave?
-- 

If it ain't opinionated, it ain't Rich Teer.