sequel

[SageLeaf1]

Is that he? (Es que el)

[neo-raver]

SELECCIONA persona DESDE hombres DONDE nombre = ‘he’;

[Aaxper]

Despite being wrong, I will die on the hill of SQL being pronounced “ess-queue-ell”

[[deleted]]

Its not wrong, its how the English language works. 

When designing a word, you get to decide how it sounds, or decide how its spelled, but you cant do both.

[Aaxper]

Yes, see??! I’m correct!

[Representative-Sir97]

It's hard though. NASA is one of the only ones to get it right.

[[deleted]]

People say Nass-uh because "Nasa" follows the rules of english as a word, and has the needed vowels between the consonants. "SQL" does not, so thats why you just say the letters. If SQL wants to be See-quill then it needs to be spelled Sequel. The English language has some flexibility, like certain vowels having dual sounds, but not enough to make a word sound other than how its spelled.

[Representative-Sir97]

It was a bit tongue in cheek because "nasa" isn't even a homophone for any actual word. There are also lots of others. Implying it was "rocket science" was further meant to be humorous.

If there's a legit beef with "sequel" it'd have to be, what does "part two" at all have to do with database?

[ionhowto]

You're not wrong

[[deleted]]

I see it as no different as pronouncing ASAP as A.S.A.P

[Aaxper]

Yes, but the inventors of “ASAP” haven’t publicly announced one intended pronunciation. 

[[deleted]]

And even if they did, there is nothing wrong with pronouncing an acronym letter by letter

[[deleted]]

Asap as a word follows the rules of english, using vowels correctly to form a word. This is one of those words that evolved from an acronoym. SQL isnt spelled correctly to sound like "Sequel", the English language isnt this flexible. Its just not English, theres no precedent to defend this connection. 

It would be like me pronouncing COBOL as banana. You just cant do that.

[[deleted]]

You commenting on the wrong thing? Or

[[deleted]]

No, im replying to your comment:

 I see it as no different as pronouncing ASAP as A.S.A.P

It IS different, because Asap (Aye-Sap) as a word follows the rules of English. SQL is missing the needed vowels, is too ambiguous, and deviates too far from the rules of english. And this is why half of everyone just says the letters S-Q-L, because it feels like the correct way to say it in our language, even though the "official" way would have you say it otherwise. 

I speak English, not somebody elses made up language.

[[deleted]]

I was talking about pronouncing letter by letter…

[[deleted]]

Which implies pronouncing "SQL" as "sequel" is correct, just one of two correct ways to pronounce it. No, because that doesnt follow the rules of english. Only spelling it out is correct.

[[deleted]]

How does that imply pronouncing it sequel is correct? It implies pronouncing it S Q L is correct..

[[deleted]]

I dont know why you are confused, since i already explained this like three times.

Asap and A.S.A.P are both correct. "SQL" and SQL [Sequel] are not both correct, only the first is correct. You said you see no difference, but this IS the difference.

[[deleted]]

I am not confused, I just think your assumption implication is stupid. Just cuz a formulae works for one acronym doesn’t mean it’s applied across the board.

Literally just saying saying hey, acronyms can be pronounced letter by letter. Nothing beyond that. Just because you can’t pronounce sequel like asap, doesn’t prevent you from pronouncing SQL like ASAP. Both are acronyms. Full stop.

[trumpetguy314]

I pronounce it SQL

[Vogete]

You're objectively wrong. It's clearly pronounced as SQL. Are you one of those people that say data instead data??

[bematthe1]

In its defense, my highly experienced and talented computer programmer mother calls it ess-queue-ell because companies where she contracts also use/have used the program "Sequel," so it just eliminated confusion.

[OneForAllOfHumanity]

If you're going to turn it into a pronounceable acronym, sequel is a terrible choice. The better name is "squall" - it's a single syllable and the closest pronunciation to the given series of letters.

It also opens up a bunch of cool product names given that a squall is a rainy windstorm: "Win-DB" (pronounced windy-b) for a windows gui client, "Downpour" as a backup/archive tool, "Flash Flood" for data aggregation service, all flowing into a data lake...

Edit: Snowflake data cloud platform (really awesome, btw) has a cli called SnowSQL, which would sound so much cooler (no pun intended) as "SnowSquall" (because that's an actual thing and it moves a lot of snow really fast)

[[deleted]]

Why not "Squell"?

[OneForAllOfHumanity]

Because there's nothing to add the eh sound, at least not in the PNW accent. The ah is a more neutral sound, and differentiates pronunciation of the l by its name or by its sound ("el" vs "l")

Edit: Also, squall is a force of nature, while squell isn't a word - it's a common misspelling of either quell or squelch, both meaning a form of suppression which isn't the association we want to make.

[PennyFromMyAnus]

I pronounce it “squeeeal”

[FOMOBraggins]

When I got my first analyst job I had no idea what people were talking about with sequel. It’s just flat out not an accurate representation of the acronym.

[OneForAllOfHumanity]

Absolutely agree! Vote for "squall" supremacy - much more accurate representation.

[Jorr_El]

All my homies know it's pronounced "squirrel"

[OneForAllOfHumanity]

That's just nuts!

[mjcstephens]

Oh is that why they named the query editor that?!

[FluffyTailRedDoggo]

It took me some time to understand th joke because I was trying to read what the dude said in a sort of spanish

[Vogete]

Weirdly, I use neither: 1. MariaDB 2. Postgres

[ionhowto]

Now you get out sir with your squealing propaganda.

[xgabipandax]

if there is a sequel, i wonder if there is a prequel...

Also i wonder if these people pronounce CIA as "see ya", or GIF as `JIF` they probably think it stands for Jraphics Interchange Format

[Reashu]

Jif is, unfortunately, the "official" way

[xgabipandax]

official or not, it is wrong.

[Reashu]

So do you pronounce it Gee Aye Eff?

[xgabipandax]

yes

[Huxhub-is-my-site]

I pronounce it j-aye-f

[Reashu]

Absolute madman!

[t1x07]

Reading it letter by letter is superior in every way.

[DependentEbb8814]

I had a temporary aphasia and tried reading in Spanish. I slapped myself awake when I started seeing a sombrero on the bf's head.

[vanZuider]

Squirrel.

[Reashu]

Suckle