Re:An SQL Solution for Jupyter
by plumsempy on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @07:13PM
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I know you pronounce it ES-KYU-EL because you used "an"
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It's more common than "sequel" in non english speaking places IME.
Re:An SQL Solution for Jupyter
by KerryJones on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @08:29PM
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Yep, it through me off, I saw it somewhere years ago that the pronunciations were:
SQL = SEE-KWUHL MySQL = MY-ES-KYU-EL
And it's now engrained in my mind and this title through me off ;)
"An SQL", "through me off"....
I just woke up and my head is already spinning. ;)
Re:An SQL Solution for Jupyter
by KerryJones on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @12:24AM
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Oh boy, I think I need to go back to bed
"SEE-KWUHL" is actually the pronunciation for MS SQL Server. "ES-KYU-EL" is for all other uses of SQL.
When SQL was established in the early 70s, it was called SEQUEL (Structured English Query Language). However, due to a copyright issue, it was changed it to SQL. In fact, SQL is typically pronounced “sequel” today, but some favor the non-acronym pronunciation of “ess-cue-el” (in case you didn’t know, an acronym is an abbreviation you can pronounce like a word, e.g. SQL or ANSI).
Read more at the ANSI Blog: The SQL Standard – ISO/IEC 9075:2016 (ANSI X3.135) https://blog.ansi.org/?p=158690