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Subject:Re: re Pronouncing SQL, History From:Don Reese <wedge -at- UNM -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 24 Jun 1994 08:22:53 -0600
On Fri, 24 Jun 1994, Gary Mason wrote:
> BTW - my experience is
> somewhat different from most of those posting here on this topic. I
> NEVER hear the letters spoken, only the word. Dozens of times a day.
Correct my understanding if it's deficient--are you saying that, despite
the fact that you hear "sequel" dozens of times a day, "S-Q-L" is the
"correct" pronunciation? Aren't you setting yourself up to blow the
needle off of the blood pressure dial? :->
> I'm "green" when it comes to the language - I want to see the erosion
> (sometimes characterized as growth or expansion) of the language
> stopped.
From where I sit, it's just change--neither progress nor regress.
Don Reese, ABD
University of New Mexico
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