…But I’ve only ever heard SSL pronounced as its three letters. Why not like “Cecil”? Or “Sizzle”?
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I personally pronounce it S.Q.L
How about Es-Queue-Ell?
This introduces a non-trivial increase in syllabatic inefficiencies
I’m glad this is top comment, I thought I was weird for a moment there
I have never heard of someone call SQL squeal lmao, sequel or S Q L is all I have heard
I just pronounce it exactly like reading the letters individually, because I’m actually a human being.
Eye tee oh oh ell eye kay ee tee oh pee are oh en oh you en see ee ee at see aitch ell eye tee tee ee are bee ee see ay you see ee eye tee oh oh ay em ay aitch you em ay en
I’m actually a human being.
Git outta here skinbag!
In French, we just pronounce it as three letters, so I was very confused at first when my English-speaking colleagues were referring to sequels of apparently nothing.
It’s always Star Wars
I have always pronounced it spelled out. Es Qu El
Germany here: In my company we pronounce every letter, so: “Eß Kjuh Äl”.
Log4j is another fun one.
Log For Jay or Log Forge?
Low gaj
I’m definitely in the ‘sequel’ camp, but the favourite I’ve heard is ‘squirrel’. I couldn’t get behind that. I have done some stuff in spaces where ‘squeal’ was used, along with pig iconography being present in internal tools. 🐷
for a while I used to use a client called SQuirreL on mac
I kind go 80/20 Sequel/EsQueueEl (squeal wtf?) when talking in english and “Ese Cu Ele” 100% when talking in Spanish
I mean, people call JSON jason, so i suppose sequel for SQL is alright (although, i still use Es-cue-elle). Sizzle absolutely needs to become a thing.
Ever since I saw this XKCD I’ve called it Squill
People who use tabs after punctuation 🥲
Everything has a relevant XKCD. There’s probably even an XKCD about there always being a relevant XKCD.
I had a project manager back in 2008 who pronounced SQL “skwall.” I heard “My Skwall” and “Skwall Server” so many times. We all said “S Q L.” No one ever corrected him.
I second “sizzle” or “sissle.” My partner pronounces API as “appy” and it’s the best thing ever.
That’s adorable.
Since I learned it by myself and never said it out loud for 10 years, I’ve always pronounced SQL as “school” and I’m not going to stop.
