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So does that become S-Q-L-ite or S-Q-Lite, you think?

Good point. I was going for SQL-Lite. But being wrong (and hearing enough people say "lie-nux" [and to be clear, I am not mocking ... we read things and form our own pronunciation because we often don't hear them said] ...) I decided to google it.

This isn't necessarily authoritative or well researched, but it appears that S-Q-L-Lite is correct: http://blog.cleverly.com/permalinks/247.html

I say "S-Q-Lite".

As an aside, to follow Linus' pronunciation, it is Lee-nucks, from the Finnish way of pronouncing "Linus." Americans are used to a different pronunciation of the same name and thus generally adopted a different way of saying "Linux."

Language is fascinating!

Linus is a native speaker of Swedish, not Finnish.

The Internets confirms this. I didn't know that; I learned something today!

The pronunciation of 'Linus' is pretty much the same in Swedish and Finnish, though.

Surely the U differs. To Sweden-Swedish ears at least, Linus in Finnish sounds like Linos.

I say S-Q-L-ite.

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