From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Jeff Eckermann <jeff_eckermann(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly |
Date: | 2002-07-06 18:21:30 |
Message-ID: | 200207061821.g66ILUn09460@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> Post-gres-Q-L ... again, that is difficult to pronounce in what way? Or
>
> > I think the problem is that PostgreSQL is both a name and an acronym,
> > mixed into single word. Postgres is a name, SQL is an acronym,
> > PostgreSQL is both. That is where people get confused.
>
> The problem is that the typography makes it look like the split should
> be "Postgre / SQL". I can see exactly why people think the name portion
> is "Postgre" --- it's not at all apparent that the "S" is part of both
> parts of the word, until you've been told.
>
> Had we capitalized the name like "PostgresQL" maybe the correct
> pronunciation would be more obvious.
Yep, there is no other word that has an acronym part and a word part,
and where capitalization not match in the two parts. It is almost a
recipe for confusion.
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