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On Friday 25 October 2002 11:24 am, Richard G. Combs wrote Re: Do choosy
mother mothers choose GIF?:
| Brad Jensen wrote:
| > I've been trying to teach the techs and programmers to pronounce
| > SQL as Sequal so they won't offend the customers and prospects.
|
| ??? Brad, you've just got to explain that. Who are your customers and
| prospects, and why would they be _offended_ by "ess-cue-ell"?
|
Not Brad, but I have usually heard SQL pronounced "Squeal", which might
offend some folks.
Marci
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