I was at the Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference last week and the presenter for SQLite courses 1 and 3 said that it is actually pronounced SQ Lite. Even he thought that was odd considering SQL is a term or acronym.
Dan Telvock Environment Reporter Investigative Post <http://www.investigativepost.org/> Twitter: @dantelvock 716-831-2626 ext. 3 On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Marc L. Allen <mlallen at outsitenetworks.com> wrote: > I don't think anyone's making a fuss. I certainly wasn't and apologize if > it appeared differently. > > -----Original Message----- > From: sqlite-users-bounces at mailinglists.sqlite.org [mailto: > sqlite-users-bounces at mailinglists.sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Stephen > Chrzanowski > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:09 PM > To: SQLite mailing list <sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org> > Subject: Re: [sqlite] SQLite Pronunciation > > 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 > > To: SQLite mailing list <sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org> > > 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, > > > (ˈsiːkwəl.laɪt). > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > This email and any attachments are only for use by the intended > > recipient(s) and may contain legally privileged, confidential, > > proprietary or otherwise private information. Any unauthorized use, > > reproduction, dissemination, distribution or other disclosure of the > > contents of this e-mail or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If > > you have received this email in error, please notify the sender > > immediately and delete the original. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > This email and any attachments are only for use by the intended > recipient(s) and may contain legally privileged, confidential, proprietary > or otherwise private information. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, > dissemination, distribution or other disclosure of the contents of this > e-mail or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the > original. > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users >
