Pet Peeves of a Computer Dork:

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I hate it when people pronounce SQL as sequel. Correct answer is: es que el (I wish I could write that in IPA for Theresa, but I don't know how to do it). I also hate it when people say that SQL stands for Structured Query Language. WRONG! Correct answer is: it stands for NOTHING.

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i'm such a dork, i got all excited at the mere mention of ipa!

p.s. it would be [Es kju El]
(except the E should look more like a backwards 3, but i can't find a character code for it.)

:-)


oh, also, it is windows 98 at work...

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My reference to IPA therefore had the desired effect :)

I am totally going to hack into your computer at work now. All I need to know is the serial number on the back of your ethernet card (I’m joking, this is how they always hack into people’s computers in the movies, which are all ultra realistic).

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oh graham, your tantalizing references to ipa and work computer hacking will surely drive me mad!

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One of these: Ɛ Ƹ ɛ ?

You can use HTML ampersand codes when all else fails (the first one is Ɛ they have a list here of IPA extensions to unicode)

I use é for é because my word processor uses a different character set than LJ.