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[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Do SQL next!

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Correct:

  • "Sequel"
  • Structured Query Language

Incorrect:

  • "Squall"
  • "Es-queue-el"

The one that people really screw up? PostgreSQL.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Squirrel.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Where?!

:: confused ADHD noises ::

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Outside, but you'll have to touch grass to reach it.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Outside? Hard pass.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's interesting that Wikipedia says it's pronounced " S-Q-L" but was historically pronounced "sequel."

Also interesting, MySQL says on their site:

The official way to pronounce “MySQL” is “My Ess Que Ell” (not “my sequel”), but we do not mind if you pronounce it as “my sequel” or in some other localized way.

Lastly, for those curious, PostgreSQL says on their site:

PostgreSQL is pronounced Post-Gres-Q-L.

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Post Graduate Squirrel

[–] SuolaSeta@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

My people often pronounce nginx as "n-ginsk" not "engine x".

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

We call things "bits", "bytes", and my favorite: "nybbles". IT is rife with wordplay. How could they not think it was a cool way to spell "enigne"?!

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What about squill?

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, let's not. :p

[–] lath@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Squeal?

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You're one of those? Its sequel and GIF has a hard g.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Soft G folk are just objectively wrong. Not only is Jif a peanut butter, it's a damn file extension: https://fileinfo.com/extension/jif

I don't care how inconsequential it is, I will die on this hill.

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Jif is an oven cleaner here. Because I hate everyone, I started pronouncing it Gif. Makes a lot of people very very angry

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I like the cut of your jib.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago

Nah, creator says soft-g. Just like gigawatts.

[–] rubicon@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I called this S.Q.L. until our IT guy corrected me

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm the head of IT for my company and it's S-Q-L and I'm a native speaker.

It's not a grammatically correct pronunciation at all (which is why it seems like non-native English tends to not say "Sequel") and even MySQL documentation specifically calls it out and says it's S-Q-L

[–] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Generally English first language speakers say sequel while everyone else spells it out.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If it's pronounced sequel why isn't it CQL?

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Because it's not, it's just something from computing history that is no longer relevant