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bitdamaged
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From: 100101010011 <-- right about here
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 05-20-2005 20:59

Alright I've always pronounced MySQL as "My Sequel" while a friend says My "Ess Q El".

How do you prounounce it?



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norm
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: [s]underwater[/s] under-snow in Juneau
Insane since: Sep 2002

posted posted 05-20-2005 21:14

It is pronounced ' my - s - q - l '


The language used to communicate with most relational databases is also known as ' S-Q-L' , which stands for structured query language.


But if you are bound and determined to follow Microsoft, by all means throw the term 'Sequel' around at every opportunity.....

reisio
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Florida
Insane since: Mar 2005

posted posted 05-20-2005 21:19

same as norm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysql#Pronunciation

(Edited by reisio on 05-20-2005 21:20)

hyperbole
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Madison, Indiana, USA
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 05-20-2005 23:29

From the MySQL website

quote:
The official way to pronounce ``MySQL'' is ``My Ess Que Ell'' (not ``my sequel''), but we don't mind if you pronounce it as ``my sequel'' or in some other localized way.



Personally I have always prefered "My es que el" although I often say "My sequel". I have a friend who says "My squeel"

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I X I
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: beyond the gray sky
Insane since: Apr 2004

posted posted 05-21-2005 09:11

my rpg teacher always says my sequel, drives me up the wall... just like rpgII, rpg 400 and the whole damn OS/400 system



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synax
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Cell 666
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted posted 05-23-2005 21:30

Aye, "My Sequel" just sounds stupid - these guys in one of my classes used to say it that way all the time, and they were major boneheads to begin with, so it just added a certain shroud of stupidity to that pronounciation (for me).

WarMage
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Rochester, New York, USA
Insane since: May 2000

posted posted 05-23-2005 23:12

I call, and think it S-Q-L. I find that loads of people call it sequel, and it makes me cringe. I wish I knew why.

Dan @ Code Town

DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 05-24-2005 01:36

obviously it is technically "s - q - l"

but like any other such thing, "how to say it" evolves with usage.

Personally, I say 'sequel'.

Why? Very simply because it's easier than saying "s - q - l".
It is a very common thing, we do it with many other acronyms - why not this one?

Iron Wallaby
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: USA
Insane since: May 2004

posted posted 05-24-2005 01:40

!

I've never heard anyone pronounce it any other way than "My Ess Q El"... so you people who pronounce it "sequel" are just weird. Must be a regional thing.

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(Edited by Iron Wallaby on 05-24-2005 01:41)

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