IIRC, the SQL ISO standard defines the pronunciation of the term ?SQL? as "ess-cue-ell?, although if you trace SQL back to the IBM days of SEQUEL, there is a strong argument that the term ?sequel? makes more sense.
I know when the SQLite development team speaks about it, they tend to use the term ?ess cue ell lite? (technically doubling the ?L?). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jib2AmRb_rk When writing the book ?Using SQLite,? I actually had a rather long discussion with my editor about this, since the pronunciation affects the choice of words when talking about ?an ess-cue-ell lite database? vs ?a sequel-lite database? (?an? vs ?a?). Knowing the development team tends to pronounce the letters, I went with ?an.? -j On Mar 16, 2016, at 1:38 PM, danap at dandymadeproductions.com wrote: > Hello, > > Please grant me some leeway here since as someone who has > not been in an academic school for years and is mainly self > taught. I have Mainly deriving information from reading > manuals and occasionally viewing some videos. > > Maybe I'm wrong, but according to Wikepedia SQLite appears > to be pronounced the same has it is spelled, > (ˈsiːkwəl.laɪt). > Maybe not a long A there perhaps. > > Where as I first heard Microsoft's MSSQL pronounce (sequent), > which I have also heard in academic videos by professors. > Following that logic, SQLite, (sequent.light)? > > Dana Proctor > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users -- Jay A. Kreibich < J A Y @ K R E I B I.C H > "Intelligence is like underwear: it is important that you have it, but showing it to the wrong people has the tendency to make them feel uncomfortable." -- Angela Johnson
