There's supposed to be an audio clip somewhere where Torvalds himself demonstrates the proper pronunciation of his most famous child's name.
Linus is Finnish, and the pronunciation of his name would be phonetically more like "leenuus". "Linux" with a short "I" would be closer, although it's actually a really a short "ee". Like "machine". As far as general usage goes, I've noticed that IBM acronyms are typically pronounced (like "kicks" for CICS). Non-IBM acronyms seem to be more often spelled out. SQL is a bit different, since there was a "sequel" before SQL. Tim On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 23:13 -0400, Gene Cronk 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] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
