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? > > -- > 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. >
They do that for the same reason people say, "hand me a Kleenex" or "Go make a Xerox", no matter that you use a Canon, they are Xerox copies. ;P -- Luke M. P. Vandervort http://www.linkedin.com/pub/luke-vandervort/1a/535/646 -- 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.
