Re: How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"?

Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>

From: "Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>

To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, David Lloyd-Jones <icomm5@attcanada.ca>

Cc: Wim Ceulemans <Wim.Ceulemans@nice.be>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Don Baccus <dhogaza@pacifier.com>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>, "Ross J. Reedstrom" <reedstrm@rice.edu>, pgsql-hackers@hub.org

Date: 2000-08-21T20:09:54Z

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At 7:48 PM -0300 8/20/00, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>what's wrong wth "Post-Gres-QL"?
>
>I find it soooo simple to pronounce *shrug*
>
>On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, David Lloyd-Jones wrote:
>
> > I'm putting on my suits-type suit for just a moment.
> >
> > In order to Conquer The Universe(tm) why don't we just call it "PG"?
> >

IMNSHO the "QL" are silent and you pronounce it Postgres.  I consider 
the SQL query language to be merely a (major) feature added during 
the evolution of the system.

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