As you talk to different people, you will hear two different pronunciations of SQL. SQUEL or SQL.

What is the correct way? Well, it depends on who you ask, and of course, everybody thinks that their way of pronouncing this word is the right way. But, here is a little history about this language.

SQL was originally developed at IBM in the 1970s and back then it was initially called SQUEL, short for Structured English Query Language. But, they changed the acronym to SQL, because SQUEL was a trademark of an airplane company.

So, to this date, there has been an argument about what is the right way to pronounce this language.

Generally speaking, people in non-English speaking countries call it SQL. I'm used to calling it SQUEL because it is shorter and sweeter than SQL. But, if you prefer to call it SQL, that's fine with me, I'm not going to get mad at you.

So, that's the history behind this language.

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Karl 🤛

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