For the record: I usually say Ess Queue Ell, but I'd just had a long
day dealing with people touting both "Pull/Sequel" and "Microsoft
Sequel Server 7.0" and I'd just about had enough.
I have a habit of taking the "words" people have made from acronyms
and twisting them. Hence, a URL is a "hurl", SQL is "squeel" and
so forth. I tend to spell out the acronyms, although who knows
how to pronounce GIF: Jiff? Guiff? Gee Eye Eff? None of them
seem entirely satisfactory. Follow this up with TIFF, PNG, JPEG
and MPEG. Do you actually say "Tee Eye Eff Eff?" I thought not.
I assume that those who appreciate this sort of humor understood me,
and I'll be more quiet about it in the future.
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derick
From: fred%corp.netcom.net.uk@Internet on 03/26/99 01:13 AM
To: Derick H Siddoway/TC/TRS/American Express@AMEX
cc: mysql%lists.mysql.com@Internet
Subject: OT: SQL (Was Re: Extracting a given row using Perl API)
Derick H Siddoway wrote:
> ...
> <ponder ponder> I guess I should note that I pronounce SQL as
> "squeel" instead of the insidious "sequel" on purpose.
<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>
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