OK, keep in mind that we had this flame war about three years ago. Ross and I had a great time badmouthing people that said My-sequel and the like. Since then I've developed a couple more pet peeves:
* oh ess ecks (OS X -> should be oh ess ten) * post gres sequel (PostgreSQL; they have/had an mp3 of the pronunciation on their web site -> post gres queue ell) * anything pronounced "sequel" that isn't SEQL (Structured English Query Language) * tech support people that think _I'm_ the idiot ;-) -Brent On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 11:44, Michael Ryan Byrd wrote: > I am really bugged when people insist on pronouncing linux "LINE-UX" or > "LINN-UUCKS." They blather on about the nationality of Linus, blah blah blah. > Hello! It's "LIN-UCKS" people. Get it right. (We are in AMERICA in case you > didn't notice.) > > Relatedly I never know how to pronounce "char." 1/2 of me wants to say it like > it looks, but the other half argues that char is short for character and should > be pronounced, "care." I donno. > > What's up with people calling MySQL, "my sequel." Uh, I think it's "My ess que > ell." > > Of course there is always the data problem. For the record, it annoys me if you > say "Dah tuh" instead of "Day tuh" > > In fact if you really want to get under my skin, call me up and say, "in my > LINE-UCKS MY SEQUEL DAH TUH base..." > > randomly yours, > > Ryan > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
