I always pronounced it 'S-Q-L' until I got a job where everyone says "sequel". Now I just say "sequel" to fit in, and because it's fewer syllables. Even if a

I always pronounced it 'S-Q-L' until I got a job where everyone says "sequel". Now I just say "sequel" to fit in, and because it's fewer syllables. Even if a text said "an SQL query", I would read it "a sequel query" without even thinking about it.