I?d rather be a dinosaur with a clue, then buzzword compliant whipper-snapper.
The amusing thing is if you?re really been doing databases since the early 1970s, you likely do call it ?sequel,? since that is what IBM actually called the first relational database language (SEQUEL - Structured English QUEry Language), but it was changed to SQL right before launch due to trademark issues. My guess is, at the time, "ess-cue-ell,? was preferred since there was a need to differentiate it from the existing trademark. -j, who had Eggplant Normal Form (baked) for lunch today On Dec 4, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Keith Medcalf <kmedcalf at dessus.com> wrote: > > Well, a Gartner Report paid for by Microsoft, which said that if you > pronounced it "ess queue ell" you were labelling yourself as a professional > programmer who understood relational database technologies, had probably used > them since the 1970's or before, and belonged in a dinosaur pen. > > On the other hand, the modern "buzzword compliant" pronunciation for "mere > coders" that had no knowledge of how relational database systems worked and > could not distinguish Boyce-Codd Normal Form from an Eggplant was "sequel". > >> It is actually in the ISO standard that the proper pronunciation is "ess >> cue ell". It became "sequel" in some circles, mostly thanks to Microsoft. >> >> The "Using SQLite" O'Reilly book also uses "an" (e.g. "an SQL statement") >> for the same reasons. >> >> -j >> >> >> On Dec 4, 2015, at 9:53 AM, Don V Nielsen <donvnielsen at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Tangeant off this note, kind of a history question. "an SQLite". I >>> personally would write "a SQL" because it is "sequel" to me. When did >>> SQL--sequel become SQL--ess queue ell? I always remember it as being >>> sequel, and it rolls off the tongue easier. And as sequel, it would be >> "a >>> SQLite". >>> >>> Happy Holidays, all. >>> dvn >>> >> >> -- >> Jay A. Kreibich < J A Y @ K R E I B I.C H > >> >> "Intelligence is like underwear: it is important that you have it, but >> showing it to the wrong people has the tendency to make them feel >> uncomfortable." -- Angela Johnson >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sqlite-users mailing list >> sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org >> http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users -- Jay A. Kreibich < J A Y @ K R E I B I.C H > "Intelligence is like underwear: it is important that you have it, but showing it to the wrong people has the tendency to make them feel uncomfortable." -- Angela Johnson
