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Voorhees a jolly good fellow...
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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... flibbityflobbityfloop ...
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I say it like the name Jason, but I know a couple of people who spell it out. And one who spells out the letters (e.g. J-A-Y E-S-S O-H N). He's rather annoying.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Okay, I thought I was the only person who felt that way.
It actually caused a recent night out to go downhill. Clever girl, attractive, energetic. We were talking about what we do and what we had focused on in school. Then she said it... the computer class that made the most sense to her was "S-Q-L".
Reflexively and without even thinking I replied "Oh, SQL! Yeah, have to deal with that all the time."
"No, I mean S-Q-L." she corrected me.
So I took a sip of my drink while I quickly collected my thoughts, nodded and explained it to her.
Yep, that's me. Athlete's tongue. 
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The "sequel" pronunciation was deemed obsolete in 1985-86 by ISO and ANSI since the Hawker-Sidley aircraft corporation trademarked SEQUEL for one of their planes. While the 2 pronunciations are acceptable, it's a more common tradition to refer to the language as "S-Q-L" while referring to the database server as "sequel server" - at least among my generation of programmers.
Referring to the previous reply above about Jason Vorhees - I saw the original Friday 13th at a drive-in theater when I was a kid. I too was scared spitless, but no one, I mean no one I know pronounces it as "Jay-sawn"; that is just wrong. 
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I always pronounce "SQL" as "squirrel," but that's just me.
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jhunley wrote: "SQL" as "squirrel,"
Now there's a new one for me.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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jhunley wrote: I always pronounce "SQL" as "squirrel," but that's just me.
I think you might have found a few extra consonants lying about.  Or like me are easily distract... squirrel!
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Yeah, I've always been a little ... Oh, look, an SQL!
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Sorry folks. I cringe when I hear someone talk of sequel servers. Agh!!!!
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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RJOberg wrote: Athlete's tongue
Sounds like a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease, too.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Wish I could take credit but I honestly can't remember where I first heard it. "I stick my foot in my mouth so often that I've got athlete's tongue."
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whooocaaares
The user can't update the up: we update it for them (Choice in the CP poll)
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slow day!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Absolutely. AN hour of sleep now and then off to bed...
The user can't update the up: we update it for them (Choice in the CP poll)
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I don't pronounce it. But in the privacy of my head I call it Keith.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: in the privacy of my head I call it Keith.
Which is an odd name for a girl when you think about it.
This space for rent
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She's a strange lady.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I don't call it anything, and when someone pronounces loud in the room, I run as if I were followed by the devil 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Like this! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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You pronounce it "Leslie"[^]? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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