Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly

On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Vince Vielhaber wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, Jeff MacDonald wrote:
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> > How long did it take you to teach him to say PostgreSQL ? :)
>
> Lessee, the conversation went something like this:
>
> Me: I need a wav file of you saying "PostgreSQL".
>
> Him: "PostgreSQL"?
>
> Me: Yeah.
>
> Him: Ok, I'll get it to you later today.
>
> Then after I made it available someone else did the MP3 conversion
> and I put that there as well. He caught on pretty quick! :)

My experiences tend to be about the same ... worst case scenario, I have
to show them where the syllables break down ... after that, they are
generally fine ...

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> >
> > Jeff.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Vince Vielhaber
> > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 6:31 AM
> > To: Christopher Browne
> > Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
> > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] I am being interviewed by OReilly
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Christopher Browne wrote:
> >
> > > And if there are 20 places that say "It's officially spelled
> > > PostgreSQL, but you can _pronounce_ that 'p\O\st-"gres', and here's
> > > the MP3 of Bruce saying it," that can cope with the situation nicely.
> >
> > For the record, the voice on the MP3 isn't Bruce. It's the voice of a
> > professional broadcaster.
> >
> > Vince.
> >
>
>
> Vince.
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