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Just for fun, I looked at how 20 different people pronounced MySQL. The results: "My Sequel": 12 "My Ess Kyoo El": 8 "My Squirrel": 0 I thought "My Sequ
by Minor49er 3y ago
Just for fun, I looked at how 20 different people pronounced MySQL. The results:
"My Sequel": 12
"My Ess Kyoo El": 8
"My Squirrel": 0
I thought "My Sequel" would have something closer to 2/3rds of results rather than 1/2
- bigstrat2003 3y agoI'm surprised it's the majority at all. It's so weird that people insert imaginary vowels to try to pronounce it as if it were a word.
- crazygringo 3y agoYou save a syllable, but also the letters SQL are on the unpleasant side of pronunciation. Just like the word "askew" -- it's just not a nice mouthfeel with that particular sequence of sounds.
- ufo 3y agoHistory plays a role here. It used to be called SEQUEL before it was renamed to SQL.
- jcparkyn 3y agoI think there are two main reasons: - Early versions of SQL were actually called SEQUEL (Structured English QUEry Language). - Sequel is just much easier to say than SQL, especially within a sentence.
- woobar 3y agoBut you will insert even more vowels if you pronounce it as "My Ess Kyoo El". Same with HHMMV/Humvee.
- jcparkyn 3y agoTo be fair, 12/20 _is_ closer to 2/3 than 1/2.
- Minor49er 3y agoD'oh, nice catch
- pubby 3y agoI've been saying My-Skwill since I was a kid. I pronounce SQL alone as three letters though.