…But I’ve only ever heard SSL pronounced as its three letters. Why not like “Cecil”? Or “Sizzle”?
🤔
I personally pronounce it S.Q.L
Germany here: In my company we pronounce every letter, so: “Eß Kjuh Äl”.
I have never heard of someone call SQL squeal lmao, sequel or S Q L is all I have heard
Came here to say this.
I kind go 80/20 Sequel/EsQueueEl (squeal wtf?) when talking in english and “Ese Cu Ele” 100% when talking in Spanish
How about Es-Queue-Ell?
This introduces a non-trivial increase in syllabatic inefficiencies
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I’m glad this is top comment, I thought I was weird for a moment there
I like to use the non-acronym name, so that I can say: “Structured Query Language. Or, with the JSON field type, more like UNSTRUCTURED query language!” And then I laugh like a maniac for 5 minutes while the other people in the line at Wendy’s give me weird looks.
To be consistent, you should call them JavaScript Object Notation field types
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.
I have always pronounced it spelled out. Es Qu El
I just pronounce it exactly like reading the letters individually, because I’m actually a human being.
I’m actually a human being.
Git outta here skinbag!
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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
Log4j is another fun one.
Log For Jay or Log Forge?
Low gaj
I’ve also heard Squirrel
I’d be curious if “Squirrel” originated with the SQuirreL client. The only time I’ve heard someone call SQL “squirrel” was because they were using SQL interchangeably with the client.
Where does the R come from? 🤔
I also have heard Squirrel, the first time I ever heard of SQL. It was in a webinar info session for just a very superficial top-level type of understanding, really intended for nothing more than to acquaint first-tier support staff with technical terms and concepts. “SQL stands for Structured Query Language. For short, we can call it ‘sequel’ or ‘squirrel’.” (Cue stupid clip-art graphic of a buck-toothed smiling squirrel on a tree branch, holding an acorn, because what’s a webinar without insipid mnemonics?) That sort of thing.
I grokked the use of ‘sequel’, because the letter sequence S-Q-L is exactly that word, sans vowels, and even if schwas are substituted for the vowels, the pronunciation doesn’t change much.
But for ‘squirrel’ I had to imagine that they were taking the R from ‘queRy’ and injecting it to make SQL into SQrL for the sake of a cute memory device that would resonate with people who weren’t expected to have any interest or investment deeper than a front-line customer service drone.
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. 🐷
definitely using “sizzle” at the earliest available opportunity
I second “sizzle” or “sissle.” My partner pronounces API as “appy” and it’s the best thing ever.
That’s adorable.
