The Mispronunciations Thread

[davyboi]

what do you lot consider the correct pronunciation of SQL? I say the letters as in S Q L but some people pronounce it like seaquel

[localzuk]

what do you lot consider the correct pronunciation of SQL? I say the letters as in S Q L but some people pronounce it like seaquel

I vary... I say "sequel server" but "SQL" when I'm coding... Dunno why. My brain is odd.

[Bompalompalomp]

My friend: "Tex Mix"

 

Somebody else: "nuhveeda" for nVidia.

[6Foot2]

Everybody's at it!

 

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Presenting @SeanSpicer's alternative ABCs

 

[Garacesh]

what do you lot consider the correct pronunciation of SQL? I say the letters as in S Q L but some people pronounce it like seaquel

 

Before I worked in IT I'd heard of SQL (well, MySQL, I'd never heard of 'regular' SQL) and my brain processed it as a weird halfway between 'School' and 'Squeal'.

But now I work in IT I always read/say it as 'Sequel'.

[elsiegee40]

Round here we have a load of confusing place names

 

Leigh (Lie)

West Malling (Maul-ing)

Mereworth (Merry-worth)

Shipbourne (Shib'n)

 

My personal favourite it Trottiscliffe which is pronounced Trosley. When the country park was opened a few years ago there was uproar as the signs spelled it phonetically ... they still do

[witch]

We have Leigh Road which is pronounced Lie as well - always confuses the outsiders.

Chideock which is pronounced Chiddick

Rampisham is Ransom

 

I do correct Quay to Key in my head but it takes a few milliseconds!

I hate it when people say Adver-tisement and not ad-vertissment

[LeMarchand]

Chideock which is pronounced Chiddick

 

I've always wondered about that (drive through it regularly).

[Latham]

what do you lot consider the correct pronunciation of SQL? I say the letters as in S Q L but some people pronounce it like seaquel

I've always pronounced it Sequel. It always flows better in conversation. But then I think I also pronounce it SQL as well.

 

It's going to bug me all day now. "Have I always pronounced it like that?"

[Garacesh]

I hate it when people say Adver-tisement and not ad-vertissment

That makes sense, though. Because you adver-tise. I have to admit ad-vertissment bugs me because it just sounds wrong

[davyboi]

I've always pronounced it Sequel. It always flows better in conversation. But then I think I also pronounce it SQL as well.

 

It's going to bug me all day now. "Have I always pronounced it like that?"

 

I guess it makes sense to say sequel instead of S.Q.L after all we say mack not M.A.K or mack not M.A.C and pin not P.I.N

 

.... but then again its N.E.C not neck

[elsiegee40]

Having learned S.Q.L. for DB2 as a programmer on I.B.M. mainframes in the 1980s, I doubt I shall be pronouncing it Sequel any time soon.

[howartp]

That makes sense, though. Because you adver-tise. I have to admit ad-vertissment bugs me because it just sounds wrong

Do you not advertiss things?

[witch]

mrwITch says "My SQL but "Sequel Server"

 

Advert-ise-ment is American pronunciation apparently.

 

What about "controversy"? I was taught "con TROV ersy" but most people seem to say "CONtroVersy" these days.

Several words seem to have changed pronunciation since I was younger: Uranus and Clematis to name just two

[Latham]

Yeah, "Sequel Server" but I've known myself to say "MySQL".

 

I'm just going to call it "The Usual Database Engine" from now on. Until someone shortens that to "Tude" and a war breaks out over pronouncing it "two'd" or "chewed".

[Garacesh]

What about "controversy"? I was taught "con TROV ersy" but most people seem to say "CONtroVersy" these days.

Con-troh-versy for me, though con-trov-ersee doesn't bug me like ad-vertiss-ment does.

 

Several words seem to have changed pronunciation since I was younger: Uranus and Clematis to name just two

I think the proper pronunciation is 'yur-an-uss' rather than 'your anus'. Don't think I've ever heard anybody say clemantis though

 

I'm just going to call it "The Usual Database Engine" from now on. Until someone shortens that to "Tude" and a war breaks out over pronouncing it "two'd" or "chewed".

Chood, clearly.

[elsiegee40]

mrwITch says "My SQL but "Sequel Server"

 

Advert-ise-ment is American pronunciation apparently.

 

What about "controversy"? I was taught "con TROV ersy" but most people seem to say "CONtroVersy" these days.

Several words seem to have changed pronunciation since I was younger: Uranus and Clematis to name just two

 

Again it's UK v US pronunciation for controversy.

 

Con -trov - ersy is the UK one @witch

Con - troh - versy is the US one.

 

I can't say it bothers me as long as people can be understood

[unixman_again]

I guess it makes sense to say sequel instead of S.Q.L after all we say mack not M.A.K or mack not M.A.C and pin not P.I.N

 

.... but then again its N.E.C not neck

 

I always say S-Q-L never, ever sequel. When I worked on the Pick Operating System, we had T-C-L (Terminal Control Language). The 'Muricans said Tickle, which really annoyed me, especially as Dick Pick said T-C-L and I figure he should know.

 

BTW, I rarely hear P-I-N - it's always pin number.

[Garacesh]

BTW, I rarely hear P-I-N - it's always pin number.

PIN Number, MAK Key, RAS Syndrome..

[sted]

Several words seem to have changed pronunciation since I was younger: Uranus

wasnt that changed to urectum? (futurama reference)

 

ive also heard sql pronounced as squirrel

[korifugi]

ive also heard sql pronounced as squirrel

 

What? as in "Sqwerrl"?

[sted]

What? as in "Sqwerrl"?

something like that yes

[SpuffMonkey]

I always like the Labours of Her-cules - but all these are a problem for the autodidact I think..

[elsiegee40]

Daughter of a friend came out with this on facebook

"Trying to get mum to understand that it's a 'chai tea' latte and not a 'tai chi' latte is harder than I thought ... I'm after a cuppa not a martial arts special!"

 

And another beauty from a friend on facebook this morning

"Ahahah! I had my hands full yesterday but needed to set a phone reminder to bring test equipment for Mark. So I used Siri, who is USUALLY spot on.

 

Just had a reminder.

 

7AM Testicle Cricket for Mark."

 

Edited February 10, 2017 by elsiegee40

[AMLinington]

My mind was blown when I found out that Arkansas is pronounced 'Ark-en-saw' not 'Are-kansas'....

 

My sister used to have pronunciation issues when she was a child, some memorable examples include:

 

Lellow (Yellow)

Invididual (In-vi-did-u-all) instead of Individual (we still use it in the family now)

Libbef (Elizabeth)

 

At work, people in the office pronounce Mandatory differently. It kinda drives me mad because I don't think either way is WRONG as such, it's just jarring.

 

1) Man-date-ary (I can see the origin of this, because Mandatory is derived from 'Mandate' meaning compulsory instruction)

 

2) Man-da-tory (I pronounce it this way)

 

When I was at school I had a full on argument over the pronunciation of Adidas. I used to think it was 'A-dee-dus', and someone else said it was 'Ad-ee-dass'. I later discovered that Adidas is named for 'Adi Dasler' which suggests that Adi-das is the correct pronunciation.