Do not call them PCMCIA Cards (was "An interesting eBay find ....)

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Jules Richardson wrote:
>>>> Lots of acronymitis back then.  Still a lot now, but users have had
>>>> more time to absorb some of it.
>>> At least folk don't try to turn it back into a word, like they insist on
>>> doing with some acronyms (e.g. "sequel", ugh).
>>
>> I hear that one pronounced as letters "EssCueEll" and as a word
>> "sequel", but I've never seen anyone try to write it any way other
>> than SQL.  Are you saying you've seen it written that way? 
> 
> No, just pronounced that way.

When IBM first developed the language, it was called SEQUEL.  It was 
renamed to SQL later, because of a trademark issue.  The pronunciation 
"sequel" is older than the abbreviation "SQL".

Peace...  Sridhar