The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoMight not even have to change the acronymlemmy.worldimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1581arrow-down14
arrow-up1577arrow-down1imageMight not even have to change the acronymlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoCorrect: “Sequel” Structured Query Language Incorrect: “Squall” “Es-queue-el” The one that people really screw up? PostgreSQL.
minus-squareSandile@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoMy people often pronounce nginx as “n-ginsk” not “engine x”.
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWe call things “bits”, “bytes”, and my favorite: “nybbles”. IT is rife with wordplay. How could they not think it was a cool way to spell “enigne”?!
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The one that people really screw up? PostgreSQL.
My people often pronounce nginx as “n-ginsk” not “engine x”.
sad pikachu
We call things “bits”, “bytes”, and my favorite: “nybbles”. IT is rife with wordplay. How could they not think it was a cool way to spell “enigne”?!
What about squill?
Yeah, let’s not. :p