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Someone got Doom in an SQL database (arstechnica.com)
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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 25 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

"An SQL" makes me unreasonably angry, but that's pretty awesome

[–] gastroglizzy@piefed.social 18 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Not everyone calls it "sequel" https://learnsql.com/blog/sql-or-sequel/

If you want to be really pedantic, you could argue that Server Query Language (SQL) and Server English QUEry Language (SEQUEL) refers to two different things.

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

FYI, SQL = Structured Query Language, not Server Query Language.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It's always fun to get a glimpse into how other people pronounce things with their usage of A vs AN. My favorite example is people who say "an historic".

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

If you go by the Greek origin of the word (ιστορία), that's more correct. Correcter, if you will.

[–] degen@midwest.social 3 points 12 hours ago

We should just stop naming things tbh

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Some people pronounce Graphics Interchange Format Jiff. It does not make it right or social acceptable.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

The year is 2839939. The last GIF vs JIF joke is made. The sun explodes, killing everyone, and ridding the universe of the joke forever.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 6 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Some of us say hard g GIF, but prefer "ess-cue-ell" for SQL.

The former is an acronym and the latter is an initialism, and for me, that's what makes the distinction. Anything else is secondary.

[–] PokerChips@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

Oddly, I usually say "ess-cue-ell" but read it as sequel while reading the acronym in your first sentence.

[–] log@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

You say es-cue-ell.
I say squeal.

We are not the same.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 2 points 8 hours ago

"Suckle" would be my preferred horrific reading.

For reasons I won't go into, and probably not the first ones you'd think of, "squeal" holds a different negative connotation for me.

[–] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 4 points 15 hours ago

Choosey developers choose gif (jiff). It was deliberately meant to evoke the peanut butter ad.