Standards, official, or not, I've always pronounced it as Sequel.
Ehm-Ess-Sequel, My-Sequel, Sequel-Lite, etc.

IMO, S-Q-L is an acronym, as everyone knows, and since RADAR(1) is also an
Acronym, why the fuss?  To me, it falls off the tongue easier to say Sequel
instead of Ess-Queue-Ell.

1- http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/RADAR



On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Marc L. Allen <mlallen at outsitenetworks.com>
wrote:

> That sounds like someone that comes from the land of Sequel. ;)
>
> I realize there *is* an official pronunciation, but I will probably
> forever pronounce it as S-Q-L-light, regardless of what it really is. :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sqlite-users-bounces at mailinglists.sqlite.org [mailto:
> sqlite-users-bounces at mailinglists.sqlite.org] On Behalf Of J Decker
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:48 PM
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> Subject: Re: [sqlite] SQLite Pronunciation
>
> more like sequel-ite
>
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:38 AM,  <danap at dandymadeproductions.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Please grant me some leeway here since as someone who has not been in
> > an academic school for years and is mainly self taught. I have Mainly
> > deriving information from reading manuals and occasionally viewing
> > some videos.
> >
> > Maybe I'm wrong, but according to Wikepedia SQLite appears to be
> > pronounced the same has it is spelled,
> > (&#712;si&#720;kw&#601;l.la&#618;t).
> > Maybe not a long A there perhaps.
> >
> > Where as I first heard Microsoft's MSSQL pronounce (sequent), which I
> > have also heard in academic videos by professors.
> > Following that logic, SQLite, (sequent.light)?
> >
> > Dana Proctor
> >
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