On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 06:28:03PM -0500, f...@cetussoft.com scratched on the wall:
> I guess, to some extent, it may depend on whether one pronounces (or > mispronounces) "SQL" as "see-kwel" or as "ess-kyoo-ell". As I understand it, the "ess-cue-ell" pronunciation is part of the ISO standard for SQL. > Is there a consensus here? (Yes, I know that pronunciation matters little > on a mailing list.) If you want to be real formal, it does (which means, for a mailing list, I guess it doesn't). When I was working on "Using SQLite" I got into a discussion with my editor about the usage "an SQL statement" vs "a SQL statement." (or "an SQLite database"... it goes on an on). We ended up going with "an SQL..." because it is more correct for the "ess-cue-ell" pronunciation. -j -- Jay A. Kreibich < J A Y @ K R E I B I.C H > "Intelligence is like underwear: it is important that you have it, but showing it to the wrong people has the tendency to make them feel uncomfortable." -- Angela Johnson _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
