RE: "a SQL sever" vs "an SQL server"

Subject: RE: "a SQL sever" vs "an SQL server"
From: "Nuckols, Kenneth M" <Kenneth -dot- Nuckols -at- mybrighthouse -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:39:40 -0400


David Downing said...

>
> Okay, sorry about that. I've always treated "SQL" as an initiaiism
and
> never encountered the "sequel" pronunciation, so I didn't realize that
> was the issue.
>

This brings up another question about the pronunciation. Is the choice
to pronounce "SQL" as "S-Q-L" or as "sequel" a product of regional
influence or professional influence? I think the author of the original
inquiry said that her engineer SMEs claim they always pronounce "SQL" as
"sequel." In my experience living and working in both Florida and
Minnesota I have always heard network engineer types pronounce the
initialism for "Structured Query Language" as the word "sequel." In
fact, when I first ran across the term and called it "S-Q-L" I was
severely corrected by engineer friends who told me I was saying it
wrong.

It's obvious that many people have run across groups that have a bias
toward one pronunciation or the other. Has anyone learned any empirical
or anecdotal evidence to determine what influence would lead a person
from a certain region or in a certain professional discipline prefer
"S-Q-L" or "sequel"?

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