On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 05:19:03PM +0000, Ashley Sheridan wrote: [snip] > I pronounce it as the letters, one-by-one. All this "sequel" business never made sense to me SEQUEL was its original name until shortened to SQL (to avoid possible trademark infringement). And the acronym could be pronounced "sequel" instead of speaking each letter: "S-Q-L". Developed and named by IBM in the 70s. Paul -- Paul M. Foster http://noferblatz.com http://quillandmouse.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php