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by plumsempy 1954 days ago
I know you pronounce it ES-KYU-EL because you used "an"
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fulafel 1954 days ago
It's more common than "sequel" in non english speaking places IME.
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KerryJones 1954 days ago
Yep, it through me off, I saw it somewhere years ago that the pronunciations were:

SQL = SEE-KWUHL MySQL = MY-ES-KYU-EL

And it's now engrained in my mind and this title through me off ;)

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junon 1954 days ago
"An SQL", "through me off"....

I just woke up and my head is already spinning. ;)

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KerryJones 1954 days ago
Oh boy, I think I need to go back to bed
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jessikat 1954 days ago
"SEE-KWUHL" is actually the pronunciation for MS SQL Server. "ES-KYU-EL" is for all other uses of SQL.
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adolph 1954 days ago
When SQL was established in the early 70s, it was called SEQUEL (Structured English Query Language). However, due to a copyright issue, it was changed it to SQL. In fact, SQL is typically pronounced “sequel” today, but some favor the non-acronym pronunciation of “ess-cue-el” (in case you didn’t know, an acronym is an abbreviation you can pronounce like a word, e.g. SQL or ANSI).

Read more at the ANSI Blog: The SQL Standard – ISO/IEC 9075:2016 (ANSI X3.135) https://blog.ansi.org/?p=158690

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slt2021 1953 days ago
sir, it is my-ass-que-el
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