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Confirmation from the main man himself for the pronunciation of Linux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c39QPDTDdXU
Edit: Actually the closest in English is probably “linnooks” — “lin” as in “linen” and “nooks” as in “nooks and crannies”.
MySQL pronunciation can be "My S Q L" or "My Sequel." I think most people in the community probably use the latter, but truthfully most of us don't really care. The "S Q L" vs. "Sequel" split has existed almost as long as SQL itself. The original name for the language was "SEQUEL." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL#History
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/what-is-mysql.html
There's an equivalent page in the SqlServer docs somewhere that recommends SequelServer as the idiomatic pronunciation.
I pronounce each of them idiomatically. When saying SQL I tend to say S-Q-L unless I'm around people who tend to say Sequel, in which case I say it that way. Most people I meet in person also tend to say S-Q-L, presumably because that is how it is written.
According to a book I read years ago, some people pronounce it "Squirrel", but I've never personally met one.
I found there is this "pride in the correct pronunciation" in the opensource community. It seems to be a signal of a group membership and a creed validator. Who cares though? Why does "correct pronunciation" matter? Linux is nowadays used by many more non-native English speakers who will pronounce it very differently. This attempt at correcting others seems like gatekeeping and, to me personally, feels like a very an…
It is for the same reason that anyone ever nudges anyone else about pronunciation, spelling, or grammar: speed of communication. If you pronounce "/etc" as "et cetera", then it will add a step in me parsing your speech ("Oh, he means 'etsy'"). Second, now I have an awkward decision to make when speaking back to you. Do I adapt my pronunciation to yours for the length of this conversation? Or do I pronounce it my way,…
MySQL pronunciation can be "My S Q L" or "My Sequel." I think most people in the community probably use the latter, but truthfully most of us don't really care. The "S Q L" vs. "Sequel" split has existed almost as long as SQL itself. The original name for the language was "SEQUEL." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL#History
> 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. https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/what-is-mysql.html There's an equivalent page in the SqlServer docs somewhere that recommends SequelServer as the idiomatic pronunciation. I pronounce each of them idiomatically. When saying SQL I tend to say S-Q-L…
Interesting. Adding to that, MQTT is pronounced as Mosquitto.
I've never heard anyone pronounce /etc as "etsy" or fstab as "F stab"...
oh god /etc as ‘etsy’? no way. never heard it called that, don’t want to (british)
100% agree (also British). Been working with Kubernetes full time for 2 years now and I still hate 'etsyd'
Koo-burr-net-ease
koo-burr-neet-ease
Cube-burr-neet-ease
MySQL pronunciation can be "My S Q L" or "My Sequel." I think most people in the community probably use the latter, but truthfully most of us don't really care. The "S Q L" vs. "Sequel" split has existed almost as long as SQL itself. The original name for the language was "SEQUEL." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL#History
> 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. https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/what-is-mysql.html There's an equivalent page in the SqlServer docs somewhere that recommends SequelServer as the idiomatic pronunciation. I pronounce each of them idiomatically. When saying SQL I tend to say S-Q-L…
Until I realised that you probably mean the American pronunciation of "squirrel" that sounds something like "skwerl"? I grew up calling the animal a "skwi-rull" :)
MySQL pronunciation can be "My S Q L" or "My Sequel." I think most people in the community probably use the latter, but truthfully most of us don't really care. The "S Q L" vs. "Sequel" split has existed almost as long as SQL itself. The original name for the language was "SEQUEL." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL#History