I&#x27;ve always pronounced it as &#x27;care&#x27;, not because of how the identifier is spelled but because it&#x27;s the first syllable of the word &#x27;character&#x27;.<p>I don&#x27;t think there&#x27;s a consensus between car&#x2F;char&#x2F;care, though, even among C&#x27;s creators. But if there was, I would vote for &#x27;care&#x27;.<p>I always thought SQL was another weird one. When discussing the language itself, you can say &#x27;sequel&#x27; or &#x27;ess queue ell&#x27; interchangeably, but when referring to a database that has &quot;SQL&quot; in its name, there is a DB-specific one true pronunciation:<p>* SQL Server: &#x27;sequel server&#x27;<p>* PostgreSQL: &#x27;post gress queue ell&#x27;<p>* SQLite: &#x27;sequel light&#x27;<p>* MySQL: &#x27;my ess queue ell&#x27;<p>There&#x27;s no complete consensus on any of those-  just a preponderance of one, or an officially endorsed pronunciation in a FAQ someplace.<p>I&#x27;ve also heard &#x27;my squeal&#x27; for MySQL, breaking out of the &#x27;sequel&#x27;&#x2F;&#x27;ess queue ell&#x27; duopoly altogether.