FAQ (was Re: TIPS)

[Chris Waigl]

Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM>:
> On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 06:34:38PM +0100, Chris Waigl wrote:
>
>> whose boss says "sequel" for SQL
>
> Hate. That.
>
> What makes it worse is that several people I know who are really
> great programmers say it this way. Drives me crazy.

(Me, too. And he's a nice guy otherwise. I've been attributing it to his
Toronto dialect. -- I'm not actually sure this _is_ his dialect, but his
English is very distinctive, unlike any I've heard before, and he's _in_
Toronto.)

CW

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