Re: Pronunciation of "PostgreSQL" (was: Re: [HACKERS] New man pages)

Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>

From: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter@pathwaynet.com>
Cc: Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>, " José Soares" <jose@sferacarta.com>, Postgres Hackers List <hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 1999-08-10T02:16:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-docs
> > > I have chosen to use "Postgres" within the docs, as a shorter (and
> > > pronouncable ;) form of our product. "PostgreSQL" appears in all
> > How hard is it to say "Postgresquel", really?  Don't tell me you've been
> > saying "Postgres cue ell".....;-)

I'll bet that even the coiners of the term have some differences in
their pronunciation. For the record, I use "Postgres" usually, and
"Postgres-cue-ell" when forced...

                    - Thomas

Since we cap the "S", however you pronounce "SQL" should probably be
how you do the end of "PostgreSQL". Lamar, are you a "ess-quel"
person? That may be a regional dialect. Don't even get me started on
that: it took me years to get over my strong inclination to use
"hacker" to refer to a bad, clueless programmer...

-- 
Thomas Lockhart				lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California