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Curious:

Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym
pronounced as a word or names of letters, depending on speaker or context:
- SQL: (sequel or es-kyu-el) Structured Query Language
Does anyone say sequel?
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I alternate between the two.
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Never used "sequel."
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I think "sequel" started fading out of general usage about the time Microsoft started pronouncing SQL Server "sequel server" ... now it is mostly their term.
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I've always said sequel...as I usually pronounce acronyms the best I can...if I can... :P

However older developers (older than me) I find pronounce sequel...whereas every younger developer I meet has always said S.Q.L as did my brother in law who is 6 years my senior, but started development only about 5 years ago in some accelerated VB programming course... :P

I argued with him it was sequel, but he argued back...so I just gave up as really it's a stupid argument :)

My 2 cents :)
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Theres an ongoing argument in my head between sequel and S.Q.L.

I'll keep you all posted when a winner is declared :D
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:lol:
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Indeed, must be the newer programmers. I started about 1 1/2 years ago and have never heard 'sequel', thus I thought it was kinda funny :P
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scottayy wrote:Indeed, must be the newer programmers. I started about 1 1/2 years ago and have never heard 'sequel', thus I thought it was kinda funny :P
Is it C.P.P or C plus plus for you? :P
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C Plus Plus.

I've never dabbled with it though, just read about it in articles and such. I just read it in my mind as c plus plus

[funny story] I used to think that C# was shorthand for C++, and they just combined the plus signs together to get the # sign. :lol:

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scottayy wrote:C Plus Plus.

I've never dabbled with it though, just read about it in articles and such. I just read it in my mind as c plus plus

[funny story] I used to think that C# was shorthand for C++, and they just combined the plus signs together to get the # sign. :lol:

Does anyone pronounce PHP phhhupp :lol::lol:
When I first stumbled across C# (I think the whole idea was still called Windows DNA - before becoming .NET so there wasn't alot of buzz about it) I said in my head...

Oh cool C Pound # = Pound to me anyways... :P
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Hockey wrote:Oh cool C Pound # = Pound to me anyways... :P
Oddly enough, so did I. Of course now, it's see-sharp, which, when I first heard it I was like "huh what? see-sharp? Oh, you must mean see-pound." :roll:

I came up in the "sequel" days, I always said es-que-el.. although I would joke with the database people I worked with that it was "squirrel."

For me, the file extension for .cpp is see-pee-pee, .cxx is see-ex-ex, and .c++ is see-plus-plus. I pronouce the language name as see-plus-plus as well. And .php is pee-ay'ch-pee, as you may guess.
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Ess-Kyu-Elle at first. Then I started working with an ASP developer and everything he did was sequel server. Soon I started changing in between the two. For some reason, when I refer to MySQL, it is My-Ess-Kyu-Elle. Every other DB and reference to SQL seems to come out sequel.

Pee-Aych-Pee has not ever changed for me. However, when showing me how cute she is, my wife loves to call it Puh-Hup.

On a side note, as anyone ever come across someone who refers to A-S-P as asp?
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Post by Maugrim_The_Reaper »

Pound is £ by the way...;) Therefore # is hash. Or sharp. Or octothorpe. Or hatch. Or number character. Or square. Or...

Yep, MS sure know how to name something with incredible confusion... For instance, sharp (♯) is a musical notation which looks similar, yet is NOT the hash character (#). MS's graphics for C# (which most people I know call see-hash unless we encounter someone on a see-sharp binge...) are therefore inaccurate and an annoyance for the musically inclined...:)
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Leave it to Microsoft.... :roll:

Sorry, don't mean to try to instigate a flame war.
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