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dxdmyesterday at 8:52 AM2 repliesview on HN

How do you know it's not SQL-lite with the single L serving a double role?

Common pronunciations allow you to stay perfectly ambiguous about where the L goes, which aligns quite well with the name as spelled. If you do it right, nobody can tell if you're saying sequel-ite or sequel-lite or seque-lite on the one hand, or S-Q-L-ite or S-Q-L-lite or S-Q-lite on the other.

AFAIK there is no official word on how the name is intended to be read or said.


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richie_adleryesterday at 2:23 PM

Richard Hipp says he doesn't care how anybody pronunces it. That said, he pronounces it "S-Q-L-ite".

satvikpendemyesterday at 5:55 PM

Because the creator himself said it's an -ite suffix similar to minerals like bauxite, not -lite.

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