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Some people pronounce SQL as "sequel", and some as "squeal"
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How about Es-Queue-Ell?
This introduces a non-trivial increase in syllabatic inefficiencies
Well done
I'm glad this is top comment, I thought I was weird for a moment there
No you and that guy both.
At this point I can’t remember if the first time I heard of SQL was in reading and I just read it as an acronym or if it was audio/visual and that’s how the person said it… Sadly, it’s a mystery I’ll never know the answer to.
I have never heard of someone call SQL squeal lmao, sequel or S Q L is all I have heard
Came here to say this.
In French, we just pronounce it as three letters, so I was very confused at first when my English-speaking colleagues were referring to sequels of apparently nothing.
It’s always Star Wars
I second "sizzle" or "sissle." My partner pronounces API as "appy" and it's the best thing ever.
That's adorable.
I just pronounce it exactly like reading the letters individually, because I'm actually a human being.
I'm actually a human being.
Git outta here skinbag!
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I've also heard Squirrel
I had a uni lecturer pronounce MySQL as "my squirrel"
Where does the R come from? 🤔
I also have heard Squirrel, the first time I ever heard of SQL. It was in a webinar info session for just a very superficial top-level type of understanding, really intended for nothing more than to acquaint first-tier support staff with technical terms and concepts. "SQL stands for Structured Query Language. For short, we can call it 'sequel' or 'squirrel'." (Cue stupid clip-art graphic of a buck-toothed smiling squirrel on a tree branch, holding an acorn, because what's a webinar without insipid mnemonics?) That sort of thing.
I grokked the use of 'sequel', because the letter sequence S-Q-L is exactly that word, sans vowels, and even if schwas are substituted for the vowels, the pronunciation doesn't change much.
But for 'squirrel' I had to imagine that they were taking the R from 'queRy' and injecting it to make SQL into SQrL for the sake of a cute memory device that would resonate with people who weren't expected to have any interest deeper than a front-line customer service drone.
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I like to use the non-acronym name, so that I can say: "Structured Query Language. Or, with the JSON field type, more like UNSTRUCTURED query language!" And then I laugh like a maniac for 5 minutes while the other people in the line at Wendy's give me weird looks.
To be consistent, you should call them JavaScript Object Notation field types
I had a project manager back in 2008 who pronounced SQL "skwall." I heard "My Skwall" and "Skwall Server" so many times. We all said "S Q L." No one ever corrected him.
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I personally pronounce it S.Q.L
I have always pronounced it spelled out. Es Qu El
I kind go 80/20 Sequel/EsQueueEl (squeal wtf?) when talking in english and "Ese Cu Ele" 100% when talking in Spanish
Germany here: In my company we pronounce every letter, so: "Eß Kjuh Äl".
I'm definitely in the 'sequel' camp, but the favourite I've heard is 'squirrel'. I couldn't get behind that. I have done some stuff in spaces where 'squeal' was used, along with pig iconography being present in internal tools. 🐷
Some are more established than others. The one with the highest levels of agreement I've ever encountered, is SCSI, which pretty much everyone in-the-know pronounce "scuzzy".
I'm struggling to realise it's anything but scuzzy.
Log4j is another fun one.
Log For Jay or Log Forge?
Low gaj
I mean, people call JSON jason, so i suppose sequel for SQL is alright (although, i still use Es-cue-elle). Sizzle absolutely needs to become a thing.
Since I learned it by myself and never said it out loud for 10 years, I've always pronounced SQL as "school" and I'm not going to stop.
I've always pronounced it "sequel", but ever since I attended a talk by the authors of PHP and MySQL Web Programming, and they pronounced it Ess-Cue-Ell I've been second guessing myself.
What I remember attending a PHP event in ~2009 was one of the old veterans there saying:
Only Microsoft folks say "Sequel Server", we say "My S Q L"
I always pronounced it as ess-cue-ell but gave up on it when everyone in professional environments said "sequel".
SurrealDB has Surreal QL. I abbreviate it SuQL and pronounce it "suckle," haha
The execution environment should be called "teat"
We could have been updating our sizzle certificates all this time!
definitely using “sizzle” at the earliest available opportunity
If I am going to believe random articles I found on the internet (and, of course, I am), the reason is because SQL was originally called SEQUEL until the creators ran into a trademark issue.. They changed it to SQL, but us old timers just kept calling it the old thing. Something about old dogs and new tricks.
https://medium.com/tableplus/how-to-pronounce-sql-properly-s-q-l-or-sequel-7203a5185676
!devshowerthoughts (community idea?)
ITYM "Squirrel".
Skwill just to be different.
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