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Re:Sq.io: jq for databases and more by nashashmi on Monday October 07, 2024 @07:40AM (#41765010)
> sq is pronounced like seek. Its query language, SLQ, is pronounced like sleek

As a person who is apart from the tech scene, and lurks in the tech space out of interest, I appreciate this guidance. For the longest time I didn’t know nginx was pronounced Engine-X; I called it N-jinx.

Re:Sq.io: jq for databases and more by wvh on Monday October 07, 2024 @08:06AM (#41765175)
Don't sweat it. It's a running joke amongst guitar players no two people pronounce D'Addario the same way, not to mention the tremolo bar which technically should be called a vibrato bar. I surmise any scene has its trip-up words.
Re:Sq.io: jq for databases and more by deskr on Monday October 07, 2024 @09:05AM (#41765611)
D'Addario is of course pronounced "Dadda Rio", with emphasis on Rio and a slight Italian accent.
Re:Sq.io: jq for databases and more by neilotoole on Monday October 07, 2024 @10:39AM (#41766460)
The theory at the time was that if "SQL" is pronounced like "sequel", and "sq" is just dropping the "L" from "SQL", then "sq" must be...

I suspect the uptake on the "seek" pronunciation is about 2%, if I'm being generous