If SQL is pronounced "sequel" then surely DNS is pronounced "Dennis"?

[johntimaeus@infosec.exchange]

@robinadams @bloor

I usually pronounce it squeal

[praetor@mstdn.social]

@bloor I've heard someone say "t-sip" for tcp/ip. Boy...where did you learn networking?

[sonic@mastodon.ml]

@bloor eskjuel /ˌɛs kjuː ˈɛl/

[fuzzychef@m6n.io]

@bloor But of course it is!!!

[ixhby@plasmatrap.com]

@bloor@bloor.tw well SQL is pronounced "sqeual" actually so DNS would be more like Denise

[mansr@society.oftrolls.com]

@bloor mDNS is "madness."

[shnooflebear@curly.cat]

@bloor of course, and HTTP is pronounced HotPotato.

[qwyrdo@disabled.social]

@me_ @bloor HTTPS: hot piss?

[a@fedi.layer02.net]

@bloor denise

[miah@hachyderm.io]

@bloor SQL is SQL, but Microsoft SQL server is definitely 'sequel'. Nobody will ever convince me that SQL alone is 'sequel'.

[lexinova@cyberplace.social]

@bloor the one who make me say sequel insteal of S.Q.L. isn't born yet.

[max@toet.dnzm.nl]

@neil @bloor "Arses"

[dgold@goblin.technology]

@bloor

Denis, Denis,
Avec tes yeux si bleus
Denis, Denis
Quand j'ai peche' pour deux
Denis, Denis
Pour un baiser d'eternité

[kevinrenskers@hachyderm.io]

@bloor @ekuber German companies with limited liability are “GmbH” which I always pronounce as gumbah.

[synec@messydesk.social]

@bloor It's always Dennis the Menace.

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@bloor
Or Denys

[pikesley@mastodon.me.uk]

@qwyrdo @me_ @bloor

Used to work with an Aussie guy who insisted that `mdadm` should be pronounced `muh-dad-em`

Actually that one's stuck with me and I have infected others since

[unsungnovelty@mastodon.social]

@neil @lanodan @bloor @g Exactly! It was right there!

[ilmari@social.treehouse.systems]

@qwyrdo @me_ @bloor "hot titty-piss", surely

[lykso@tiny.tilde.website]

@bloor I'm one of those weirdos that always pronounces the letters individually.