cannedtuna@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoHow do you even pronounce UEFI?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square183linkfedilinkarrow-up1757arrow-down111file-text
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minus-squareodelik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoI’ve heard a couple people seriously pronounced URL as Earl. Everybody gave them a what the fuck look.
minus-squarebitchkat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoThose are the same people that write “squeal” queries to get results out of a database.
minus-squarefrank@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoYeah, that’s madness. First of all it’s sequel. Second, fun fact, it’s a backronym! SQL came after a cease and desist for calling it SEQUEL, such that it could be pronounced the same. So yes, you can totally say Sequel instead of S-Q-L, it’s even historically accurate to do so!
I’ve heard a couple people seriously pronounced URL as Earl. Everybody gave them a what the fuck look.
Those are the same people that write “squeal” queries to get results out of a database.
Yeah, that’s madness. First of all it’s sequel.
Second, fun fact, it’s a backronym! SQL came after a cease and desist for calling it SEQUEL, such that it could be pronounced the same.
So yes, you can totally say Sequel instead of S-Q-L, it’s even historically accurate to do so!