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You think that's traumatic? See you are ell.
by NTripleOne 10y ago
You think that's traumatic?
See you are ell.
- gregmac 10y agoWait, is that wrong? I've only ever met a single person that pronounced URL like "Earl". Everyone else says the letters, and thus, you get "see you are ell". I tend to go back and forth with cURL, sometimes calling it "kurl". Same problem with SQL. Is it "ess que ell" or "sequel"?
- CydeWeys 10y agoThe nice thing about SQL and URL is that they're so widely used in our profession that regardless of how you say them you will be understood easily. Some people say "ess que ell" and others say "sequel" and that's fine; everyone understands everyone. It's unconventional pronunciations of less common initialisms that cause problems.
- UweSchmidt 10y agoMay I lament at this point that we non native speakers often miss out on the pun entirely and read brand-/projectnames as abstract fantasy words. SQL -> "sequel", how could we know?
- psj 10y ago"Sequel", or "skewl" when I'm in a hurry. Who has time to say "ess que ell"?
- divbyzer0 10y agoOn one occasion I overheard SQL pronounced as squeal. Stunned into silence.
- _ZeD_ 10y agosquirrel :)
- Cyph0n 10y agoHaha that's just too much... sorry.
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