The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoMight not even have to change the acronymlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1984arrow-down16
arrow-up1978arrow-down1external-linkMight not even have to change the acronymlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square143fedilink
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·2 months agoCorrect: “Sequel” Structured Query Language Incorrect: “Squall” “Es-queue-el” The one that people really screw up? PostgreSQL.
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWhere?! :: confused ADHD noises ::
minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoOutside, but you’ll have to touch grass to reach it.
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-22 months agoIt’s interesting that Wikipedia says it’s pronounced " S-Q-L" but was historically pronounced “sequel.” Also interesting, MySQL says on their site: The official way to pronounce “MySQL” is “My Ess Que Ell” (not “my sequel”), but we do not mind if you pronounce it as “my sequel” or in some other localized way. Lastly, for those curious, PostgreSQL says on their site: PostgreSQL is pronounced Post-Gres-Q-L.
minus-squareSandile@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoMy people often pronounce nginx as “n-ginsk” not “engine x”.
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWe call things “bits”, “bytes”, and my favorite: “nybbles”. IT is rife with wordplay. How could they not think it was a cool way to spell “enigne”?!
Correct:
Incorrect:
The one that people really screw up? PostgreSQL.
Squirrel.
Where?!
:: confused ADHD noises ::
Outside, but you’ll have to touch grass to reach it.
Outside? Hard pass.
It’s interesting that Wikipedia says it’s pronounced " S-Q-L" but was historically pronounced “sequel.”
Also interesting, MySQL says on their site:
Lastly, for those curious, PostgreSQL says on their site:
Post Graduate Squirrel
My people often pronounce nginx as “n-ginsk” not “engine x”.
sad pikachu
We call things “bits”, “bytes”, and my favorite: “nybbles”. IT is rife with wordplay. How could they not think it was a cool way to spell “enigne”?!
What about squill?
Yeah, let’s not. :p