Way Off-Topic How do you pronounce "SQL"?

[harmor]

This is a weird question but I like to see if anyone else pronounces "SQL" as "Sequel" like I do or say each letter.

So do you pronounce it "Sequel" or just say S Q L?

[Shadab]

I've always been pronouncing it as S Q L (es Que el).

Maybe i'm wrong?

[henlyn]

ha ha always say " squeal"

[Floris]

I've always been pronouncing it as S Q L (es Que el).

Maybe i'm wrong?

I don't see it as a word either, I always say it like you do too, despite knowing better.

[TomJames]

Depends, for SQL I just say S Q L, but when it's MySQL I for some reason revert to My Sequel

I'd imagine since SQL is acronym it should be pronounced as individual letters?

[Shamil.]

In many Microsoft Events and webinars, it has been pronounced as seeqwel. I prefer this pronunciation, but I originally thought it was S Q L Structured Query Language

[steven s]

I've always heard it referred to my sequel or sequel.
Just as no one spells out RADAR, also an acronym.

[cbiweb]

S Q L, since it doesn't actually form a word (Like NASA, FEMA, and other do). Same as I don't call PHP Pehip, or HTML Hatmil, and so on. lol SQL is an abbreviation and should be pronounced as such.

[DoE]

I heard it pronounced one of two ways: Sequel, or Squirrel. I choose the latter as it was the first one I heard.

RADAR: RAdio Detection And Ranging - I Worked on them for 27 years, from the tube 5,000,000 watt ones to the modern ones

[Yves R.]

As SQL means Structured Query Language, I say S Q L (3 separate letters). And My S Q L.

[Dean C]

It's an acronym, I say it as it's meant to be: Ess Queue Ell.

[---MAD---]

I say sequel as well.

[Lats]

It's an acronym...

Incorrect.

An example of an acronym is posted above - RADAR

SQL is an abbreviation.

[Gray Matter]

Incorrect.

An example of an acronym is posted above - RADAR

SQL is an abbreviation.

Acronyms are abbreviations.

SQL is an acronym.

Anyway, I pronounce it "S.Q.L.," saying each letter individually.

[Ryan Ashbrook]

I pronounce it as individual letters, since it's an abbreviation and the abbreviated letters do not form a word.

I also pronounce PHP with it's individual letters.

And SQLite becomes S Q L Lite, even though there is only one L.

The one I'm really confused on, though, is PostgreSQL. Luckily it has never come up in conversation where I actually had to say it out loud.