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I am trying and failing to find the entry in the jargon file that says something along the lines of "if you come across a person who pronounces 'SQL' as 'squirr
by TOGoS 4y ago
I am trying and failing to find the entry in the jargon file that says something along the lines of "if you come across a person who pronounces 'SQL' as 'squirrel', you have found a true hacker indeed". Maybe it was not the jargon file. It's been many years.
Along those same lines, I also like to pronounce "varchar" in a way[1] that is guaranteed to put a look of disgust on the face of almost everyone in the room; this is how I find my karass.
[1] if anyone replies asking for specifics because they are "genuinely curious" I will slap them. Use your imagination.
- aardvark179 4y agoIt was the jargon file, but it was about SCSI, and that anybody who spelt it out was clueless.
- rustyminnow 4y agoGo ahead and slap me I guess, cuz I must not be imaginative enough. vare-care? var-car? v-archer? var-charr? varc-har I don't get it, none of those seem that bad
- a1369209993 4y ago> "if you come across a person who pronounces 'SQL' as 'squirrel', you have found a true hacker indeed" Well, I feel oddly validated, thanks. (In the sense of "squirrelly" - counterproductively idiosyncratic or disfunctional.) > "varchar" > < vare-care? var-car? v-archer? var-charr? varc-har "varker" maybe?
- shrimp_emoji 4y agoIf you pronounce it "char" (as in the word for "to storch") instead of "care", you're as bad as the people who say "jif".
- justajot 4y agoDo you mean as awesome as the people who say jif? ;-)