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minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoSome of us say hard g GIF, but prefer “ess-cue-ell” for SQL. The former is an acronym and the latter is an initialism, and for me, that’s what makes the distinction. Anything else is secondary.
minus-squarePokerChips@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoOddly, I usually say “ess-cue-ell” but read it as sequel while reading the acronym in your first sentence.
minus-squarelog@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoYou say es-cue-ell. I say squeal. We are not the same.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day ago“Suckle” would be my preferred horrific reading. For reasons I won’t go into, and probably not the first ones you’d think of, “squeal” holds a different negative connotation for me.
Some of us say hard g GIF, but prefer “ess-cue-ell” for SQL.
The former is an acronym and the latter is an initialism, and for me, that’s what makes the distinction. Anything else is secondary.
Oddly, I usually say “ess-cue-ell” but read it as sequel while reading the acronym in your first sentence.
You say es-cue-ell.
I say squeal.
We are not the same.
“Suckle” would be my preferred horrific reading.
For reasons I won’t go into, and probably not the first ones you’d think of, “squeal” holds a different negative connotation for me.