I’ve always pronounced the word “Southern” to rhyme with howthurn. I know most people say it like “suthurn” instead. I didn’t realize that the way I pronounce it is considered weird until recently!

  • @Windex007
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    321 hours ago

    Url and at-at are solidly initialisms. SQL has a solid enough argument for being an acronym that I’ll accept either.

    • @[email protected]
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      421 hours ago

      I’ve never met anyone in tech who’s pronounced it any way other than “sequel”, and some of those folks were DB admins since the 80’s.

      • @Windex007
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        220 hours ago

        A lot of our interns and fresh-from-school say S.Q.L. but everyone else is calling it sequel. Usually after a few years even the youth start calling it sequel, in my experience.

        • @logicbomb
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          218 hours ago

          What I have a hard time with is when they just call it “sequel server”. Obviously, I understand what they mean, but it seems so nonspecific.

    • @[email protected]
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      320 hours ago

      What about FAQ?

      Most everyone I know says F.A.Q. But I like saying ‘fack’, as in it’s the page where you find the facts.