Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!usenet.ukfsn.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: SQL DBA Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 11:56:18 +0000 (UTC) Organization: UK Free Software Network Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <28147151.861.1336175934815.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbvd8> <32097042.304.1336177937883.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbtg6> NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.45.235.129 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: localhost.localdomain 1336305378 28309 84.45.235.129 (6 May 2012 11:56:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@localhost.localdomain NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 11:56:18 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:14333 On Sat, 05 May 2012 20:57:03 -0700, Lew wrote: > markspace wrote: >> Leif Roar Moldskred wrote: >>> markspace<-@.> wrote: >>>> >>>> My understanding is that "Sequel" is actually its proper name and >>>> calling it ess-queue-ell is a bit of a rubism. Since it was developed >>>> on this side of the pond, we ought to know. >>> >>> Yes, but you lot also say "elumenem" when you mean aluminium, so >>> clearly we can not trust Westpondians when it comes to pronounciation. > > I believe both pronunciations are quite common, at least wherever I've > worked. > > I switch between'em myself. Ayep. Its the characteristic Westpondian habit of swallowing the 'i' in the final -ium syllable in Aluminium that I always notice, particularly as its such an obvious anomaly: it is the only name of an element to be pronounced that way. I've never heard anybody say Uranum, Germanum, Plutonum or Helum. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |