Other than the initials?
Mariane
Other than the initials?
Mariane
Not even with initials, really Trolltech's toolkit is Qt, while QuickTime's initials are QT
Only that they appear mixed in a google search
OK So, what does Qt mean?
Mariane
No that's a thing that I always liked. Q looked nice on the font the one of the Qt creators used and t came fom Xt. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_%28toolkit%29
And maybe also the fact, that Trolltech was originally named Quasar Technologies (hence the 'Q' in Qt). But it could be they named the company after the toolkit (Qt was then called Quasar toolkit) and not the opposite.
I like the "beautiful Q" version of the story betterOriginally Posted by wysota
One does not deny the other. Where do you think "Q" in "Quasar" came from?Originally Posted by yop
It's pronounced like cutie, isn't it?
Mariane
just "cute", not "cutie"
Really? I have always said it as two letters. (kyoo tee)Originally Posted by CuCullin
but then I tend to stay away from adding (or removing) sounds into(from) initialisms to turn them into words (eg, I say "ess kyoo el" insted of "sequal"; "key dee ee" instead of "kuhdeh") (sorry couldn't help throwing a fake one in)
Katrina
People tend to pronounce "SQL" wrongly as "sequel", because in ancient times there was another language, a SQL precursor, called Structured English Query Language --- SEQUEL in short. One of the sources of this error is M$. I heard its employees talking about "sequel server". How one could trust such "experts" if they don't know what they are talking about?Originally Posted by katrina
Maybe their SQL servers are really SEQUEL ones?
Nope, its ess-kyoo-ell for their servers, they just don't know what they're doing
And for the most part Katrina, you're doing it right. I sometimes say "kyoo-tee", then correct myself to "cute". My favorite is PostgreSQL - "post-gres-kyoo-ell"
So.... is it "officially" kyoo-tee or "cute"?Originally Posted by CuCullin
I always though "sequel" sounded wrong!
I love saying postresql too :-)
Kah-tree-nah
Well... TT insiders call it "cute". The original name, I believe has been mentioned here, was created because the letter Q looked cool in emacs on slack (.9x or some such). The 't', iirc, originally was a result of Tk, and noone was using a Q as a toolkit name, so the combo was born.Originally Posted by katrina
I don't believe there is any "official" pronunciation though
Originally Posted by jacek
Haha. Yes, they must be real MORONS using such a colloqialism! Trust me, many DB experts, MS and otherwise use the pronunciation 'sequel'. It's just quicker and more natural to say. And everyone knows what you mean, historically correct or not.
To be honest, I wouldn't knowOriginally Posted by Chicken Blood Machine
Well maybe it's more common amongst native English speakers.
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