The prononciation of SQL is “squeal”.

Something something ding dong your opinion is wrong.

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nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de · 29 pts · 47d (7 replies)

I've always called it es-queue-el.

bhamlin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 47d

I prefer squirrel. MySquirrel. PostgreSquirrel.

racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 47d (5 replies)

"Structured Query Language". If it's pronounced "sequel", how to pronounce "PostgreSQL"?

osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org · 17 pts · 47d

Post-gres

valar@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 47d

Postgres-queue-ell

forestbeasts@pawb.social · 6 pts · 47d

We say SQL "S-Q-L", but anyway, we pronounce PostgreSQL Postgre (like "grr") SQL.

-- Frost

yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 47d

Postgreskl

aldhissla@piefed.world · 1 pts · 47d

thus: 𓁨

Reygle@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 47d (5 replies)

That's far more fun that "sequel"

Squeal for me b@#^@
server blue screens

FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 47d (4 replies)

You can say bitch on the internet

Reygle@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 47d (1 reply)

That's true, thank you FUCKING_CUNO

FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 47d

Any time!

SatyrSack@quokk.au · 3 pts · 47d (1 reply)

Some Lemmy instances automatically replace that with removed

FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 47d

Little pussy bitch instances

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 47d

It's actually pronounced "GIF".

Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 47d (2 replies)

"sequel" is one I heard before.

sobchak@programming.dev · 3 pts · 47d (1 reply)

That was the original name IBM wanted to use, but it was already trademarked. I remember my professor making a point of not pronouncing it sequel, and telling us that story.

Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 47d

My opinion has alwaya been called it what ever you like, so long as people know what you're talking about. S.Q.L. sequel, sequal, whatever. They're all close enough to be understandable.

Snejp@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 47d (2 replies)

Squirrel

galaxy_nova@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 47d

I would accept this if squeal didn’t exist. Silver Star for squirrel

dgdft@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 47d

I’m 100% going to drop this on a non-technical recruiter next job hop.

Thank you for your service 🫡.

Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 47d (3 replies)

It's just an initialism, like FBI or MI5. Nobody is calling them Fibby and Mefive.

fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 17 pts · 47d

"Nobody is calling them Fibby and Mefive."

I wasn't calling them that before now...

baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 47d

"cya, nerds" opens up a few questions about the CIA

galaxy_nova@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 47d

I have said Fuhbee for sure, never have I said Mefive though that one’s fucking hilarious

iatenine@piefed.social · 7 pts · 47d (1 reply)

This is actually one of those situations where the official stance is "we only give a shit on paper"

Originally they wanted to call it SEQUEL which was.. Idk, some acronym somebody else can look up but apparently it was taken at the time and people actually cared about that kinda thing in the 70s so it became "SQL" which was probably spelled out in business environments but obviously it was still "spiritually" SEQUEL

expr@programming.dev · 3 pts · 47d

Wow, I just always thought it was people who were too Microsoft-brained to pronounce it correctly. Still never pronouncing it like that, though.

DScratch@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 47d (1 reply)

Sqwell

galaxy_nova@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 47d

Now that’s a new one for me

expr@programming.dev · 3 pts · 47d

https://github.com/morphismtech/squeal

Klox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 47d (1 reply)

This isn't debatable: Skull.

galaxy_nova@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 47d

What I wanna know is, how tf?