How to pronounce SQL

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How to pronounce SQL

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My boss pronounces it "Sequel". I've always just said S-Q-L. I'm just wondering how it's "supposed" to be pronounced.

Same thing with mySQL... boss says "My-Sequel" and I say "My S-Q-L". Who's right?
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Same here I have always said myS-Q-L but have heard plenty of people say My-Sequel and always wondered whats proper
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from http://www.provue.com/proVUE/Fact_SQLServer.html:
The history of SQL and relational databases traces back to E.F. Codd, an IBM researcher who first published an article on the relational database idea in June 1970. Codd's article started a flurry of research, including a major project at IBM. Part of this project was a database query language named SEQUEL, an acronym for Structured English Query Language. The name was later changed to SQL for legal reasons, but many people still pronounce it SEQUEL to this day.
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We've had this discussion before.. not again :cry:
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I wasn't around for it I guess.
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We've had this discussion before.. not again
Oh, really? It doesn't show up in top ten when googling for 'pronounce sql' :lol:
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Post by onion2k »

Oddly I say 'sequel' for the language, yet I call MySQL 'My S Q L'.

Crazy in the coconut I suppose.
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My S Q L sounds right to me... but I've gotten used to calling it sequel cuz that's what it is referred to by everybody else here.
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The Ninja Space Goat wrote:My S Q L sounds right to me... but I've gotten used to calling it sequel cuz that's what it is referred to by everybody else here.
Well, you should be used to that given that your name is spelled "The Ninja Space Goat" but pronounced "Smith".
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arborint wrote:
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:My S Q L sounds right to me... but I've gotten used to calling it sequel cuz that's what it is referred to by everybody else here.
Well, you should be used to that given that your name is spelled "The Ninja Space Goat" but pronounced "Smith".
I pronounce it Smath, but thats a whole new discussion on it's own, now isn't it. :lol:
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arborint wrote:Well, you should be used to that given that your name is spelled "The Ninja Space Goat" but pronounced "Smith".
:?:
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The Ninja Space Goat wrote::?:
Mine's pronounced "Smyth" but can be spelled either "Luxury-Yacht" or "Throatwarbler-Mangrove".
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I always pronounce it as S-Q-L.. unless i'm talking about a microsoft sequel server... (As long as people know what you're talking about i don't care about pronounciation...)
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Post by Burrito »

Jcart wrote:We've had this discussion before.. not again :cry:
viewtopic.php?t=42615

it was spawned from our gif / jif discussion.

according to the quote I posted in there from the 'my es que el' manual, it should be pronounced just like that.
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The Ninja Space Goat wrote:My S Q L sounds right to me... but I've gotten used to calling it sequel cuz that's what it is referred to by everybody else here.
Everyone I've heard here pronounces it either MySQL or mysql. Some of the noobz pronounce it Mysql. heh, losers.
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