For giggles, I looked up how Linus Torvalds' first name is pronounced....Considering the OS is named after him, we're both wrong. I pronounce it lie-nux (hard I), you pronounce it lin-ux (soft I)....but according to Wikipedia it should be pronounced lee-nux (hard E). Check it out for yourself...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Swedish_and_Norwegian On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Gene Cronk <[email protected]> wrote: > I pronounce it Line-ux for one reason....The U in UNIX is a hard vowel, so > I treat the first vowel as hard as well in Linux. As far as SQL, I > pronounce it sequel currently, but used to pronounce it squeal. To each > their own. > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Chad Bailey <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Similarly, I typically reflect what people use when they speak to me. >> >> If it's me doing the talking though, I pronounce the letters. I am >> opposed to speaking acronyms as if they are words regardless of the >> circumstances "lul" (unless it's an instance where the acronym is >> intentionally made into a word, like "WINE"). >> >> While on the subject, I have a confession. People who pronounce linux >> as "line-ux" irritate me. It's lin, like fin... linux. I almost find >> it disrespectful, and do consider those who pronounce it in such a way >> less educated *shrugs*. >> >> The same thing applies to "nuke-ya-ler". When someone pronounces it >> this way, I instantly wonder "does this person know what a nucleus is >> or did they sleep through that in school". >> >> Just being transparent here, no intentions to upset anyone here who >> pronounces it wrong. You'll never get me to agree that it can be >> pronounced "both ways" though. In SQL's case, things are very >> different. It isn't in any way related to an individual's name. >> >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Joe Sam Shirah <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > For peer/client usage, I long ago decided "when in Rome..." That is, >> > "sequel" or "Ess Que Ell" depending on usage at the particular site. >> > >> > Technically, "Ess Que Ell" is correct. SEQL, Structured English Query >> > language - pronounced "sequel" - was IBM's first go at an RDBMS >> language. >> > Later it was changed to SQL, pronounced "Ess Que Ell". Here's one >> link, >> > I'm sure there are more definitive ones out there: >> > >> > http://www.sad4ever.org/dbms/sql_en.php >> > >> > The first time I heard "sequel" was in relation to MS SQL Server; they >> > apparently thought it sounded cool after doing in their Sybase contract. >> In >> > some sense, it's a generational thing, and one should be aware of both >> > useages, but the history is in the link above. >> > >> > If some snob corrects me on either usage and I'm feeling nasty, I'll >> > often smile and say, "you know, I've been trying to find an RDBMS >> expert. >> > Could you briefly explain to me what a relation really is and how tuples >> are >> > involved?" Amazing how few self-defined experts really understand >> > relational database concepts. >> > >> > More than you probably wanted to know, >> > >> > >> > Joe Sam >> > >> > Joe Sam Shirah - www.conceptgo.com >> > conceptGO - Consulting/Development/Outsourcing >> > Java Filter Forum: www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/ >> > Just the JDBC FAQs: www.jguru.com/faq/JDBC >> > Going International? www.jguru.com/faq/I18N >> > Que Java400? www.jguru.com/faq/Java400 >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- From: Paul Spicer >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 3:06 PM >> > To: list >> > Subject: How do you say "SQL?" >> > >> > Just to satisfy my own curiosity, I was wondering how many "seequell" >> and >> > "es cue ell" people there were on the list. Personally, I say "es cue >> ell". >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 >> > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml >> > Unsubscribe [email protected] >> > >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 >> RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml >> Unsubscribe [email protected] >> >> >
