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> 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
by robert_tweed 6y ago
> 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 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.
- Fnoord 6y ago> According to a book I read years ago, some people pronounce it "Squirrel", but I've never personally met one. Interesting. Adding to that, MQTT is pronounced as Mosquitto.
- shrikant 6y agoThe "squirrel" point in your comment was really confusing, it didn't sound like SQL to me at all. 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" :)
- aksss 6y agoStill confused about where the “r” would come from.
- paledot 6y agoI've been in the "sequel" camp, but that changes now. I'm not passing up the opportunity to talk to co-workers about "my squirrel".
- aksss 6y agoFor it is furry, and will eat your nuts for breakfast.