[dba-Tech] pronounciation

[Arthur Fuller]

Stuart,

You are an extremely prerceptive man, and also witty. Every missive you
issue is a joy to read.

Arthur.

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 8:14 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:

> Microsoft have done a lot things wrong over the years :)
>
> The official standard, ISO /IEC  9075-1, consistently uses "an, not "a" as
> the indefinite article
> before "SQL".   If it were pronounces "sequel", the indefinte article used
> would have been "a"
>
> e.g.
>
> "1.  This part of ISO/IEC 9075 describes the conceptual framework used in
> other parts of
> ISO/IEC 9075 to specify the grammar of SQL and the result of processing
> statements in that
> language by an SQL-implementation."
>
> Which goes right back to "a .iso image" or "an .iso image"
>
> --
> Stuart
>
>
> On 11 Oct 2016 at 19:30, Susan Harkins wrote:
>
> > Microsoft original pronounced SQL Server, Sequel Server.
> >
> > Susan H.
> >
> >
> > It's always S-Q-L for me.
> >
> > SEQUEL was initially a lnaguage developed by Chamberlain and Boyce.
> > Then IBM developed a query language for System R.
> >
> > Subsequently SQL was developed as a standard.  When you pronounce it
> > "sequel", which one are you talking about?  :)
> >
> > Besides which,  it avoids having to say:
> > MySequel, Postresequel, sequelite etc.
> >
> > Of course, many will disagree with me, and I don't care if they
> > pronounce it differently to me.
> >
> > I'm sure that I pronounce tomato differently to most people here :)
> >
> > --
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> > On 11 Oct 2016 at 23:24, Jon Tydda wrote:
> >
> > > Just because someone got it wrong once doesn't mean everyone else
> > > has to change pronunciation. It'll always be sequel to me :)
> > >
> > > Or squirrel, depending on how gullible I think the person I'm
> > > talking to is...
> > >
> > >
> > > Jon
> > >
> > > Sent from one's iPhone
> > >
> > > > On 11 Oct 2016, at 23:10, Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I occasionally slip up and say Sequel and the young heads all go
> > > > ... "huh??"
> > > >
> > > > Susan H.
> > > >
> > > > SQL is a tad trickier, since most of the commercial world takes
> > > > after the original IBM pronunciation, derived from Sequel, or
> > > > Structured Query Language. But Monty (of MySQL fame) decided to
> > > > change the pronunciation to My-SQL, and this pronunciation has
> > > > acquired significant credence in the world, especially the
> > > > internet world.
>
>
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-- 
Arthur