Doug Ewell wrote:

>Timothy Partridge <timpart at perdix dot demon dot co dot uk> wrote:
>
>
>
>>What about SQL and CICS? Americans seem to say sequel and c i c s.
>>British seem to say s q l and kicks. (SQL has had a checkered history,
>>and if I understand correctly it no longer stands for anything
>>according to the ISO!)
>>
>>
>
>This American says "sequel" and "see eye see ess" -- but then again, I
>never have anything to do with CICS, so I would have no need for a
>shorter pronunciation.
>
>

Whereas I generally say ess-queue-ell. I also never deal with CICS.

And there's the famed mispronunciation of SCSI as "sexy" instead of "scuzzy"

~mark