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Some people pronounce SQL as "sequel", and some as "squeal" (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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...But I've only ever heard SSL pronounced as its three letters. Why not like "Cecil"? Or "Sizzle"?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How about Es-Queue-Ell?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This introduces a non-trivial increase in syllabatic inefficiencies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just pronounce it exactly like reading the letters individually, because I'm actually a human being.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm actually a human being.

Git outta here skinbag!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It’s always Star Wars

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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"