> Technically, no. (I've never understood how anyone got > sequel from S-Q-L.) Sequel is quicker to pronounce than es-cue-ell, so it's very attractive for th

> Technically, no. (I've never understood how anyone got > sequel from S-Q-L.) Sequel is quicker to pronounce than es-cue-ell, so it's very attractive for that reason. For similar reasons, I generally pronounce /etc as 'etsy'.