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Some developers pronounce it β€œMy Sequel” while others say β€œMy Ess Que Ell.” In reality, they meant and wanted it to be β€œPost-Gres-Q-L.” πŸƒπŸ½β€β™‚οΈβ€βž‘οΈ

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More like Post-rescue-L πŸ˜†
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in reply to nixCraft 🐧

SQL can be pronounced "sequel" or "ess que elle". MySQL can only be pronounced "My ess que elle". I don't make the rules.
in reply to nixCraft 🐧

In most cases it should be pronounced β€œSee-Que-Lite-Three”
in reply to nixCraft 🐧

I always figured that the see-khu-all pronunciation was M$ marketing.
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Well it’s not β€œmy” as in the English word, but β€œMy” as in the *name*. They sound very different. It’s the reason the next DB ended up being Maria (also a name).

That said I still say my sequel. Far easier to say.

And I like Postgres a lot better.

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