The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agoMight not even have to change the acronymlemmy.worldimagemessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1937arrow-down15
arrow-up1932arrow-down1imageMight not even have to change the acronymlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agomessage-square141fedilink
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·1 day agoCorrect: “Sequel” Structured Query Language Incorrect: “Squall” “Es-queue-el” The one that people really screw up? PostgreSQL.
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-21 day agoIt’s interesting that Wikipedia says it’s pronounced " S-Q-L" but was historically pronounced “sequel.” Also interesting, MySQL says on their site: The official way to pronounce “MySQL” is “My Ess Que Ell” (not “my sequel”), but we do not mind if you pronounce it as “my sequel” or in some other localized way. Lastly, for those curious, PostgreSQL says on their site: PostgreSQL is pronounced Post-Gres-Q-L.
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoWhere?! :: confused ADHD noises ::
minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoOutside, but you’ll have to touch grass to reach it.
minus-squareSandile@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoMy people often pronounce nginx as “n-ginsk” not “engine x”.
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoWe call things “bits”, “bytes”, and my favorite: “nybbles”. IT is rife with wordplay. How could they not think it was a cool way to spell “enigne”?!
Correct:
Incorrect:
The one that people really screw up? PostgreSQL.
It’s interesting that Wikipedia says it’s pronounced " S-Q-L" but was historically pronounced “sequel.”
Also interesting, MySQL says on their site:
Lastly, for those curious, PostgreSQL says on their site:
Post Graduate Squirrel
Squirrel.
Where?!
:: confused ADHD noises ::
Outside, but you’ll have to touch grass to reach it.
Outside? Hard pass.
My people often pronounce nginx as “n-ginsk” not “engine x”.
We call things “bits”, “bytes”, and my favorite: “nybbles”. IT is rife with wordplay. How could they not think it was a cool way to spell “enigne”?!
sad pikachu
What about squill?
Yeah, let’s not. :p