How to pronounce SQL
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In another topic I wrote about a meeting with some external consultants.
One of them pronounced SQL like Sequel, another one use S Q L.
Although I know this discussion must be around since Codd invented the wheel, I would like to hear your opinions.
Cheers,
Frank
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Frank Kalis
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Hedging my bets here but it depends:
1. SQL Server = Sequel Server
2. SQL statements = S Q L statments
Jeremy
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It is a personal preference on what is right but Sequel is the same as S Q L just said as a word kinda the way you say SCUBA instead of S C U B A. I will say either sometimes but either way SQL (pronouced Sequel) is an Acronym for Structured Query Language so again just a matter of preference at the moment of saying.
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So, no chance to tell the consultant to first learn how to pronounce SQL before telling us what we should do?
What a pity!
Cheers,
Frank
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Frank Kalis
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just said as a word kinda the way you say SCUBA instead of S C U B A.What is SCUBA?
Cheers,
Frank
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Frank Kalis
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
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Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
I bet you knew that and just wanted to test me.
And as for how to pronounce. Afraid not since he is right either way and if you prefer the opposite oh well (unless you have a dictator complex
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Self-Contained Underwater Breathing ApparatusI bet you knew that and just wanted to test me.
that was a serious question!
Cheers,
Frank
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Frank Kalis
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You'd think the marketing dudes would have the foresight to have a product name that was crystal clear - who needs another tomayto vs tomahto discussion?!
Besides, isn't SQL 2000 the sequel to SQL 7?
And because I can't help myself, I think it almost becauses a matter of which is easier/nicer sounding to say. No one says ibum for IBM, no one says N A S A for Nasa. And what about TANSTAAFL?
Andy
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You'd think the marketing dudes would have the foresight to have a product name that was crystal clear - who needs another tomayto vs tomahto discussion?!Besides, isn't SQL 2000 the sequel to SQL 7?
And because I can't help myself, I think it almost becauses a matter of which is easier/nicer sounding to say. No one says ibum for IBM, no one says N A S A for Nasa. And what about TANSTAAFL?
Andy
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/awarren/
I'm not going to say my opinion about most of the marketing dudes
Today I'm learning many new things. What is TANSTAAFL?
Cheers,
Frank
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Frank Kalis
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
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It comes from Robert Heinlein's classic "The
Moon is a Harsh Mistress"
"There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"
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TANSTAAFL
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We typically say Microsoft Sequel Server but on the other side it is My Ess Que El. Both ways are considered valid.
K. Brian Kelley
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You should see the Russian for "restaurant". It can be rendered as "ÐÅÑÒÎÐÀÍ" in standard font but looks rather more complex in cyrillic. To add to the confusion it is pronounced "restaurant".
My sister used to subscribe to a comic called "Bunty" that used to have a strip called "tpaoljwtfliawthsah". It stood for The pathetic attempts of Leonard J Watkins To Find Love In a World That Has Something Against Him........not that I ever read it.....honest......except for the problem pages, but only if my Victor comic was late.
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Pronounce it however the person your're talking to does. Makes life simpler.
Steve Jones
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Pronounce it however the person your're talking to does. Makes life simpler.A true salomonic epilog.
Cheers,
Frank
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Frank Kalis
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
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Perhaps. Then again, when you see Steve at PASS, how about calling it sIquell or C-cule or some other mad distortion - see if Steve takes his own medicine!
Andy
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