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Mental outlaw said that and it just stayed in my head ever since. Just like /etc is 'etsy'.
Or SQL is Squeal
Sacrilege!
No squeal
SQL has always been Skull in my head. I think it is because I hated it when in college and associated it with dying inside.
https://xkcd.com/1989/
Not sequel?
Though I know it means "et cetera" when reading my brain has always "heard" that word - whether in the context of the word "etc." or the computing /etc - as pronounced "ettick." As in, "you need to edit your ettick f-stab file."
How else would you say /etc ?
E-T-C
Echo Tango Charlie
et cetera