The Great SQL Pronunciation War

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The Great SQL Pronunciation War

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THE AUDACITY of people pronouncing SQL as "sequel" is the hill I will DIE ON! 💀 It's S-Q-L, you monsters! The full name is "Structured Query Language" - where exactly is this mythical "E" hiding?! Database developers across the universe are LITERALLY SPLITTING INTO WARRING FACTIONS over this pronunciation catastrophe. One side smugly spelling it out letter by letter while the "sequel" crowd struts around like they've invented a better sorting algorithm. The database wars aren't about Oracle vs. MySQL - they're about who's going to snap first in the next meeting when someone says "sequel server" instead of "S-Q-L server"!

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