See-Quel is 2 syllables, while Es-Que-El is 3 syllables. And See-Quel is smoother, easier and faster to say in general. It's all about efficiency. :)
On May 4, 6:18 am, Joey Gibson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 5:15 AM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Triggered by the (very interesting) NoSQL episode. Why do Americans in > > particular continue to pronounce SQL as "SEQUEL"? > > > SEQUEL (Structured English QUEry Language) was the predecessor to SQL > > developed by IBM back in the day. Wikipedia also lists it as > > pronounced "ess-cue-el". It's even in the ANSI 1986 standard that the > > official pronunciation for SQL is /ɛs kjuː ɛl/. > > > So what gives. Is this a cultural thing? A DBA l33t speak thing? > > I first started using SQL in 1989, and the DBAs I learned from pronounced it > Sequel, and that's how I've always said it. It was well into the 90's before > I ever heard anyone spell it out. > > Joey > > -- > Blog:http://joeygibson.com > Twitter:http://twitter.com/joeygibson > FriendFeed:http://friendfeed.com/joeygibson > Facebook:http://facebook.com/joeygibson > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
