Squirrel works too though.
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guy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Guess that settles the debate, we got to pronounce it “sequel” then to optimally match syllables
db2@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
squiblet@kbin.social 6 months ago
The Australian pronunciation works… “squi-rell”. Common American one is somehow just one syllable, “Skwurl”
jaybone@lemmy.world 6 months ago
How do you pronounce Smurf?
squiblet@kbin.social 6 months ago
I'm not Australian.
Doug@midwest.social 6 months ago
Yes but he serves a different community
jadero@programming.dev 6 months ago
!squirrels@lemmy.ca
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
_danny@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The only people I know who actually call it ess queue ell are either too new to know the “sequel” pronunciation, or the type of person you generally smell before you see.
SpeakinTelnet@programming.dev 6 months ago
I say ess cue ell for the sake of uniformity because it’s not Mysequel nor Postgresequel and the language changed from Sequel to the acronym SQL in the 70s so not really in the “too new” ballpark anymore.
_danny@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I think those make sense as deviations. I’ve heard “my sequel” but you’re absolutely right about postgresql.
The name is kinda irrelevant like hard vs soft g in gif. People know what you mean when you say either.
But in that same vein, the creator of the “graphics interchange format” says the pronunciation is soft g, but basically everyone says hard g… So “official” pronunciation is kinda irrelevant.
I don’t judge anyone who uses whichever term they want, but I’ve just noticed the general trend in my smallish interaction bubble.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Dont start the gif war again.
relevants@feddit.de 6 months ago
Here in Germany everyone I know pronounces the letters individually – as German letters that is, which means the Q is pronounced “coo” rather than “cue”. I don’t mind it, it’s not quite as clunky as in English.
I do say sequel when speaking English though.
mctoasterson@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Do you get irritated when Americans refer to the famous Austrian bullpup rifle as the Steyr “Ogg”?
cm0002@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m neither, I refuse to pronounce acronyms if it doesn’t make sense to do so.
Same thing with ‘gooey’ for GUI, except I hate that even more because that straight up elicits feelings of disgust, I don’t want anything gooey anywhere near any electronics
_danny@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ve literally never heard GUI said as “gee ewe eye” before.
You could just say UI, avoids the gooey phobia and sounds less weird than g u i.
pythonoob@programming.dev 6 months ago
Sequel to what?
RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 6 months ago
Uuugghhh noooo! Ess Kyoo Ell!! ESS KYOO ELL!!! brandishes flaming pitchfork!