   Phing...stupid question
  Sorry I have to ask but is "Phing" pronounced fing or ping?I only ask because I was wrong about MySql, when I accidentally pronounced it as my-see-kwel and was abruptly corrected to call it my-es-kew-el.Thanks   
  I call it es-kew-el, but all the text books I own say it's pronounced see-kwel ;PThat said, I'd call this fing... but it could be puh-hing ;P   ;  I've heard people say SQL as "squirrel"   ;  I've heard "squeal"   ;  As should be becoming obvious, people often disagree about these things, and there isn't always a "correct" answer.Don't worry about it too much as long as people know what you're talking about.   ;Quote:Original post by Tom SloperI've heard "squeal" Everybody that I work with calls it "Sequel," but not me, oh no. I'm hardcore and believe that an acronym is meant to be spelled out, not condensed into a barely recognizable word that just happens to contain the same letters. I use S-Q-L whenever talking about.... well, SQL!  It's as simple a concept as acronym precedence; nobody calls ASP 'asp', or PHP 'fip', or even a DB a 'dib', so why call SQL 'sequel'?  Which brings up another question altogether: what the heck is it a sequel to anyways? ;Quote:Original post by sweetbreadQuote:Original post by Tom SloperI've heard "squeal" Everybody that I work with calls it "Sequel," but not me, oh no. I'm hardcore and believe that an acronym is meant to be spelled out, not condensed into a barely recognizable word that just happens to contain the same letters. I use S-Q-L whenever talking about.... well, SQL!  It's as simple a concept as acronym precedence; nobody calls ASP 'asp', or PHP 'fip', or even a DB a 'dib', so why call SQL 'sequel'?  Which brings up another question altogether: what the heck is it a sequel to anyways?it was called Sequel because that was it's name before it was changed to SQL. :)   ;  Personally, I would say that I execute S-Q-L queries on a Sequel server.   ;Quote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL#HistorySQL was developed at IBM by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce in the early 1970s. This version, initially called SEQUEL, was designed to manipulate and retrieve data stored in IBM's original relational database product, System R.During the 1970s, a group at IBM San Jose Research Laboratory developed the System R relational database management system. Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce of IBM subsequently created the Structured English Query Language (SEQUEL or SEQL) to manage data stored in System R. The acronym SEQUEL was later changed to SQL because "SEQUEL" was a trademark of the UK-based Hawker Siddeley aircraft company.I'd say both pronunciations are equally correct, contrary to what some people want to make you believe. That said, it kind of depends on the circumstances too. "MySQL" I'd always call My-es-kew-el, whereas "SqlServer" is Sequel-server.   ;Quote:Original post by SirViverQuote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL#HistorySQL was developed at IBM by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce in the early 1970s. This version, initially called SEQUEL, was designed to manipulate and retrieve data stored in IBM's original relational database product, System R.During the 1970s, a group at IBM San Jose Research Laboratory developed the System R relational database management system. Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce of IBM subsequently created the Structured English Query Language (SEQUEL or SEQL) to manage data stored in System R. The acronym SEQUEL was later changed to SQL because "SEQUEL" was a trademark of the UK-based Hawker Siddeley aircraft company.I'd say both pronunciations are equally correct, contrary to what some people want to make you believe. That said, it kind of depends on the circumstances too. "MySQL" I'd always call My-es-kew-el, whereas "SqlServer" is Sequel-server.I like that the original question is the least discussed thing in this thread :-p   