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How is SQL pronounced? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange When I was learning SQL, I remember reading that it should be pronounced just like the word sequel; however, I worked with a bunch of techs who seemed to prefer S-Q-L Is there a proper convention
pronunciation - The letter a pronounced as an e - English Language . . . In the English language there are many words where the letter "a" is pronounced as a short (continental European) "e" Or at least very close to it However dictionaries point out that in these cases the correct pronunciation is more an "ae" sound Several websites on English pronunciation take the same view So I decided to test this assumption
pronunciation - How is æ supposed to be pronounced? - English . . . 7 To find out how a word is pronounced, you can look in a dictionary To find out how a word "should" be pronounced, you have to decide what you mean by that, and then look up whatever information you think is relevant (e g the word's etymology, the frequency of any variant pronunciations, what usage "mavens" have written about the word)
Stephen is now Stefan not Steven? [closed] When I've traveled outside of the south, I've been routinely called "Stefan", its only been the last 5 or 6 years that I've been routinely called "Stefan" in the south At least in the south "Stephen" and "Stefan" are two distinct names, and "Stephen" (pronounced "Steven") is the overwhelming favorite in the southern US
alphabet - Why is X used when we pronounce it Z? - English Language . . . Xylophone is from the Greek xylon, which is (or was—I'm not up on my modern Greek) pronounced with an initial [ks] Many words borrowed from Greek via French developed a [gz] pronunciation along the way, which was reduced to [z] word-initially when adopted into English
How is of pronounced? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Unlike off, which is pronounced with an f , of is pronounced with a v Never with an f But quite often that v gets deleted For instance, one of the most common things that can come after of is the definite article the In fact, I used it in the previous sentence In combination, the consonants v and ð don't play well together No words in English can start with vth, and native
How to pronounce Türkiye in English? Click on the pronunciation guide at the link to hear it (I assume this is how it's pronounced in Turkish, as there's an obvious accent) However, I don't think I've ever heard an American or British newscaster use this pronunciation I think most English speakers still pronounce it like the bird
Pronouncing acronyms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Abbreviations are generally pronounced as acronyms whenever the term has been designed to mimic a dictionary word (e g D A R E - Drug Abuse Resistance Education), or when there exists a relatively common, logical pronunciation for the abbreviation, e g SQL (pronounced like "sequel")