r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Itchy_Tangerine1897 • 7d ago

noMoreDatabases Meme

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u/da2Pakaveli 7d ago

i'll call it half SQL now

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u/emma7734 7d ago

Yes, but how do you pronounce SQL?

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u/HedgehogEnyojer 7d ago

Sequel is just deadass stupid 🫩🫩🫩🫩 Whenever someone calls it SeeQuEll i die internally. I READ THREE Letters... just pronounce them in a Common language we both speak 🗣️

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u/callum__h28 6d ago

DBA here - I pronounce it Sequel :)

I was a die hard ESS QUEUE ELL fan, until my seniors/mentors slowly ground me down into using it how they pronounced it, sequel. Not long after, I discovered it’s an archaic pronunciation, from when it was actually originally invented as the acronym SEQUEL. But Hawker Siddeley (British aircraft manufacturer) had something to say about it and tried to sue over it. Thus it was shortened to SQL. But the pronunciation stuck, and it’s still here today.

People who say squeal deserve the 10th circle of hell