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

[ickymettle@hachyderm.io]

@bloor in a past life worked with the FAST search engine - its query language was FQL - or “fecal”

[dashlion@mastodon.au]

@bloor SQL is pronounced 'Skull' and is a warning from ancient peoples to avoid this place of misery and death that we failed to heed.

[alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com]

@moira @bloor wait, squirrel??

[salyavin@famichiki.jp]

@WiteWulf
Denise the menace
@greem @bloor

[badsamurai@infosec.exchange]

@neurovagrant @bloor I love mine! When’s the next printing?

[xinayder@fosstodon.org]

@bloor what about SSH? some languages say ash-ash-ha

[drwho@masto.hackers.town]

@bloor Usually it's pronounced "Aw, fuck!"

[viq@social.hackerspace.pl]

@jo
Regent
Reagent
Urgent
Rage Not

@clarfonthey @bloor

[moira@mastodon.murkworks.net]

@alisynthesis @bloor yep

[moira@mastodon.murkworks.net]

@alisynthesis @bloor and I think this AU could learn a thing or two about naming from ours because "sequel"? ugh. Squirrel. Way better.

[matdave@floss.social]

@bloor its Denis

[alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com]

@moira I mean, I obviously love it. I'm just confused because there is no r OH WAIT of course there is an r, in query!

I'm bringing this superior pronunciation to the U.S. of A.

@bloor

[moira@mastodon.murkworks.net]

@alisynthesis @bloor How does "sequel" even make thematic sense? What do squirrels do with the important thing (for us data, for them nuts and seeds)? Store them and find them again! Just like SQL does!

But no. "Sequel." What does that even mean. Honestly. SQL is Squirrel.

[moira@mastodon.murkworks.net]

@alisynthesis @bloor excellent

squirrel ftw

[gandalfdg@indieweb.social]

@bloor deenis

[danyoder@mastodon.social]

@bloor I am still refusing to call it sequel. It's not worth saving one syllable!

[mokomull@macaw.social]

@praetor @bloor learned it at Texas A&M? http://tea-sip.urbanup.com/1049253

[iveryam@mastodon.social]

@bloor

DNS

Dee and Ess

Dinesh?

[tvwonder@mastodon.social]

@bloor @HollyGoDarkly yes, it sure ISS

[unsungnovelty@mastodon.social]

@exT0LI @bloor My comment was just a joke.

But TIL!
Never heard it pronounced it that way though.

As for .gif, it's pronounced as jif as in giraffe as per the creator of the file format. That should ideally settle it... but nooooooo.. Internet has opinions