🆎6d ago
If SQL is pronounced "sequel" then surely DNS is pronounced "Dennis"?
Show threadGreem (Graeme. Not Graham!)6d ago
@bloor "Denice", surely?
Show threadSam Clemente6d ago

@greem @bloor
Broke: "Sequel" and "Dennis"

Woke: "Squeal" and "Denice"

Show threadThe cat who walks thru walls6d ago
@countablenewt I will always treasure the memory of a cow-orker who once pronounced SQL*Plus as "squeal! splat! plus!" (I am well aware he was not the only one) @greem @bloor
Show threadWill 5d ago
@mrrmot @countablenewt @greem @bloor If you're like me and came from a Microsoft software development background, you might wonder about the proliferations of "sharps". The world replied "Those are hashtags!"
Show threadEnola Knezevic5d ago
@AncTreat5358 @mrrmot @countablenewt @greem @bloor Used for hashtags but on their own they are just hashes. (Sharp in music is a different sign.)
Show threadWill 5d ago

@rhelune Thank you.

Just to be clear, my post was referring to the programming languages C# and F# (pronounced C-sharp and F-sharp). I believe these are rendered as pound signs instead of the musical shape.

Show threadSören
@AncTreat5358 @rhelune I imagine that’s mostly a function of ♯ being too hard to type on most keyboards
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