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Someone got Doom in an SQL database (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 28 points 1 day ago (16 children)

"An SQL" makes me unreasonably angry, but that's pretty awesome

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  • [–] 24 points 1 day ago (14 children)

    Not everyone calls it "sequel" https://learnsql.com/blog/sql-or-sequel/

    If you want to be really pedantic, you could argue that Server Query Language (SQL) and Server English QUEry Language (SEQUEL) refers to two different things.

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  • [–] 4 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

    It's always fun to get a glimpse into how other people pronounce things with their usage of A vs AN. My favorite example is people who say "an historic".

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (7 children)

    Some people pronounce Graphics Interchange Format Jiff. It does not make it right or social acceptable.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Some of us say hard g GIF, but prefer "ess-cue-ell" for SQL.

    The former is an acronym and the latter is an initialism, and for me, that's what makes the distinction. Anything else is secondary.

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