Re: Do choosy mother mothers choose GIF?

["Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com>]

Brad Jensen wrote:

> I've been trying to teach the techs and programmers to pronounce
> SQL as Sequal so they won't offend the customers and prospects.

??? Brad, you've just got to explain that. Who are your customers and
prospects, and why would they be _offended_ by "ess-cue-ell"?

> I remember one PR consultant who had just about convinced me to use her
> services when she started talking about all of her experiences with
> 'Silicone' Valley. I stopped returning her calls. I was rather surprised
on
> a trip to California to hear some commentators on TV pronouncing it the
> same.

I worked with a former Oregonian once who'd go ballistic when she heard it
pronounced as "ore-e-gahn": "it's 'GUN' -- 'ore-e-GUN'!"

Richard


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303-223-5111
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