If SQL is pronounced "sequel" then surely DNS is pronounced "Dennis"?

[icewolf@masto.brightfur.net]

@robinadams @bloor post-grey squirrel (they're very subtly tinted with color)

[oldfartrant@mstdn.ca]

@bloor or Donna's, dengue, denudes...

[robinadams@mathstodon.xyz]

@IceWolf @bloor I was imagining sending a grey squirrel through the mail.

[oneguynick@mastodon.social]

@bloor Great point, but no.

[icewolf@masto.brightfur.net]

@robinadams @bloor "★☆☆☆☆ instead of nuts, package contained squirrel!"

[denniskuester@norden.social]

@bloor Ja, was ist?

[andrewd18@hachyderm.io]

@bloor It's pronounced "Deans", like "beans".

[effariwhy@theforkiverse.com]

@Richard @bloor

[mansr@society.oftrolls.com]

@qwyrdo @me_ @bloor HTML is "hotmail."

[missconstrue@mefi.social]

@robinadams @bloor Same. I once introduced a dba as “our squirrel wrangler”. Csuite was confused. She thought it was hysterical.

[gbargoud@masto.nyc]

@bloor

The correct pronunciation is "squeal"

[omar@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@bloor fucking Active Directory.

[lemgandi@mastodon.social]

@robinadams @bloor And PostGIS?

[mathias@pawb.fun]

@bloor if DNIS is "dee-niss", DNS is "dunce"

and it fits innit, it's never DNS, it's never DNS, it's always DNS

[inpc@go.mxtthxw.art]

@bloor it always has been.

[icecolbeveridge@mathstodon.xyz]

@jimfl @nxskok @bloor pronounced “tsunami”

[cgudrian@social.tchncs.de]

@bloor PRBBLY.

[png@yap.pony.biz]

@bloor HTML must then be pronounced Hotmail

[tomster@social.tomster.org]

@bloor @jaroel DNS the MNS…

[elltee@mastodon.cloud]

@bloor
That is correct. And stop calling me Shirley.