Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-05 Thread Martin Jenkins
Dennis Cote wrote: P Kishor wrote: Anyway a little digging on wikipedia found this: /SQL/ is commonly spoken either as the names of the letters /ess-cue-el/ I pronounce XQP as ex queue pee so I reckon SQL should be ess queue ell, even if it was around twenty years before I was. Anyone who

Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-05 Thread Dennis Cote
P Kishor wrote: snobs ;-) Hardly. More like Defenders of the One True Way. ;-) ...to each her own. And there is no need for this sort of feminist activism on this list either. :-) Anyway a little digging on wikipedia found this: /SQL/ is commonly spoken either as the names of the

Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-05 Thread P Kishor
On 4/5/07, Dan Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Original Message - From: "Dennis Cote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "sqlite-users" Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:24 PM Subject: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation? > Hi All, > > I have a simple question; how

Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-05 Thread Dan Baker
- Original Message - From: "Dennis Cote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "sqlite-users" Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:24 PM Subject: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation? Hi All, I have a simple question; how do you pronounce SQL and SQLite? In the book

Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-05 Thread Martin Jenkins
P Kishor wrote: In any case, unless DRH establishes a semi-official policy, let the pronounciation be in public domain as well... to each her own. Well there is that Google video. You could look at that to get Dr Hipp's definitive pronunciation, but ISTR even he wasn't 100% consistent. ;)

Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-05 Thread P Kishor
On 4/5/07, Dennis Cote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Martin Pelletier wrote: > > Hearing "sequel" for SQL always makes me cringe. > Me too! That is what prompted my original message. I just wanted to see if I was perhaps the only one who was bothered by that pronunciation. Thanks for the

Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-05 Thread Dennis Cote
Martin Pelletier wrote: Hearing "sequel" for SQL always makes me cringe. Me too! That is what prompted my original message. I just wanted to see if I was perhaps the only one who was bothered by that pronunciation. Thanks for the confirmation. Dennis Cote

Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-04 Thread Doug Currie
On Wednesday, April 04, 2007 Martin Pelletier wrote: > I use a twist on the various versions listed so far: "es cue el-ait". > Hearing "sequel" for SQL always makes me cringe. Yeah. In some circles, "sequel" is reserved for the original SEQUEL query language were first published in 1974 by Don

Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-04 Thread Clark Christensen
Personally, I use "sequel" and "sequel-light". I think I remember from DRH's Google presentation video he uses "ess cue el ite" for his product. -Clark - Original Message From: Dennis Cote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sqlite-users Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-04 Thread Martin Pelletier
I use a twist on the various versions listed so far: "es cue el-ait". Hearing "sequel" for SQL always makes me cringe. Dennis Cote wrote: I have a simple question; how do you pronounce SQL and SQLite? -- Martin Pelletier Informatique / Software Development Infodev Electronic Designers

RE: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-04 Thread Griggs, Donald
re: "S. Q. Lite... that is my pronunciation..." And calling it "squirrelite" is simply a tongue-in-cheek affectionate affectation ;-) - To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-04 Thread Cesar Rodas
S. Q. Lite... that is my pronunciation and as I read in a book that is its pronunciation On 04/04/07, Alberto Simões <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/4/07, Joel Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I prefer the "ess cue ell" version. And I can never remmeber that there is > only one "el", so I

Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-04 Thread Alberto Simões
On 4/4/07, Joel Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I prefer the "ess cue ell" version. And I can never remmeber that there is only one "el", so I end up saying "ess cue ell light" even though I know its wrong. Join the club, Joel. I do the same, myself. With the only difference that I

Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-04 Thread Joel Cochran
I prefer the "ess cue ell" version. And I can never remmeber that there is only one "el", so I end up saying "ess cue ell light" even though I know its wrong. -- Joel Cochran On 4/4/07, Dennis Cote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, I have a simple question; how do you pronounce SQL and

Re: [sqlite] SQL and SQLite pronounciation?

2007-04-04 Thread P Kishor
On 4/4/07, Dennis Cote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, I have a simple question; how do you pronounce SQL and SQLite? See-quell See-que-lite -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ Nelson Inst. for Env. Studies, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial