@bloor Is DNS the MNS good at TNS like BNS?
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If SQL is pronounced "sequel" then surely DNS is pronounced "Dennis"?
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Broke: "Sequel" and "Dennis"
Woke: "Squeal" and "Denice"
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in reply to Enola Knezevic • • •@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.
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"What's the IP address for that web site?"
"Dunno. Have you asked Denice?"
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in reply to IvΓ‘n SΓ‘nchez Ortega • • •I have seen a "DNS the Menace" tee shirt
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in reply to π • • •actually, considering how DNS works, it should be pronounced as "Donos"
(joke explanation: it's russian for "snitching", "denunciation")
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in reply to Mx. Eddie R • • •No, itβs not Dennis
Thereβs just no way itβs Dennis
Welp. It was Dennis
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in reply to π • • •I cannot read SQL as anything but "squirrel"
PostgreSQL is "post grey squirrel"
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in reply to Robin Adams • •Post-GRE SQL is graduate-level SQL.
SQL is absolutely squirrel, though, it's where you squirrel away the things.
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rtfm :D
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SQL - Wikipedia
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in reply to π • • •The "If" is doing the lifting here. It is an abbreviation, therefore it is S.Q.L.
No matter what Americans make of it...
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in reply to π • • •personally, i've always pronounced SQL as "squeal", since that's usually my reaction when i have to deal with it.
DNS could be "dins". with small TTLs, it's really really noisy.
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in reply to π • • •if DNIS is "dee-niss", DNS is "dunce"
and it fits innit, it's never DNS, it's never DNS, it's always DNS
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in reply to π • • •The best part about this situation is how one pronounces SQL tells on which database was the first one you were exposed to because the vendors disagree.
Emm Ess Sequel?
My Ess Que Ell?
No idea what Postgres, Oracle, DB2 et al want.
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in reply to π • • •Since SQL is pronounced "squeal", DNS has to be pronounced "dunce".
I don't make the rules.
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in reply to π • • •it's always DENNIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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in reply to Lumiukko • • •@lumiukko I notice βSequelβ is more common among users of Microsoft SQL Server
To the point I weirdly refer to that product as βSequel Serverβ but say S Q L for pretty much any other use
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in reply to Lumiukko • • •@lumiukko I agree.
I've always pronounced it My-Ess-Kew-Ell.
But equally I've always pronounced DNS as Dee-Enn-Ess.
In other words not MySequel and Dennis.
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in reply to π • • •It's not. Sequel was a predecessor of SQL.
Pronouncing SQL "sequel" is like pronouncing Windows "DOS".
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in reply to π • • •I do find it random what TLAs people pronounce and what they don't. I mean obviously "sequel" is superior to "ess cue ell": there's no contest in that one.
But I've met people who say VEE AYE (vi) and EEE TEE CEE (et-cee).
On the other hand, there's a pit in the inferno reserved for people who say JOT instead of JAY DOUBLE-U TEE.
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Years ago at work, there was a consultant that would pronounce it deenis. We started starting he had deenis envy.
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SQLDNS the school dance. cya at the SQLDNS everyone
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Dee and Ess
Dinesh?
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in reply to π • • •If SQL is pronounced "sequel" and DNS is pronounced "Dennis"...
Then surely BGP is pronounced "buggeredup".
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in reply to π • • •or, in Fonejacker voice, "Dunce"
(wild to think that the masked Fonejacker would unmask himself and get a TV crew in to document his life as a house-sharing vampire...)
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in reply to π • • •lmao i tend to personify DNS as either Denise or Dennis
that being said, when i get around to hosting my own authoritative DNS servers, I will be calling them
deniseanddennisand CNAMEingns0andns1to themDaniel Fisher(lennybacon)
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in reply to π • • •Denis, Denis, Quand j'ai peche' pour deux
Denis, Denis, Pour un baiser d'eternite'
Denis, Denis, Je suis folle de toi
Denis, Denis, Embrasse moi ce soir
Denis, Denis, Pour un baiser d'eternite
Oh Denis, ooh-be-do,...
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