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[–] zemo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I will always judge people who say "sequel"

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago

Same, but I'm willing to team up with them against people who call it squeal.

[–] xistera@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago

I self-taught SQL on the job and was denied a promotion because I said S-Q-L instead of Sequel. The supervisor that was interviewing me for the job ended the interview early because of it. This was almost 10 years ago now and I'm still salty about it.