Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: SQL DBA Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 20:34:35 -0700 Organization: albasani.net Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <28147151.861.1336175934815.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbvd8> <32097042.304.1336177937883.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbtg6> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.albasani.net x6SmIvDYmin/l38yTLK9KtyhP5H40Ss0WwEUjp0TOZniG9mxE5dEjMx0xpoNEp2XY2dXINY5wxATtsbUMXb8vGLGT0WTKYIuJqK5Rzph1YIgbjLPC9jwHM9Ida5gTH+x NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 03:34:35 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.albasani.net; logging-data="mwNR2VvdbSCtKVQe+aNrWpwD1V0VtwRN7brPDF+/1GdrOiYbbTizELY0F1+roZpp4XYPUIkFQVmJdUKKOVP0PLEFOmdYW84mQvdo+IK7wtRia/cubRCYHUxGgqK7yfGL"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@albasani.net" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120430 Thunderbird/12.0.1 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:594UPpoYNhQ5Z059IdakinHz8ec= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:14347 Martin Gregorie wrote: > 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. I'm talking about "sequel" vs. "ess queue ell". Being American, I do not say "aluminium", but that has no bearing on Java programming. SQL does. That's the one I pronounce both ways. Who cares about non-Java-related words? -- Lew Honi soit qui mal y pense. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Friz.jpg