The more annoying thing for me are people who use "SQL" to mean,
specifically, Microsoft SQL Server. Now *that* should be outlawed!

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:15 PM, 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?
>
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