From: | karly(at)kipshouse(dot)org |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: FAQ 1.1 |
Date: | 2006-03-28 16:31:35 |
Message-ID: | 20060328083135.A21238@kipshouse.org |
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:14:28 +1000 Klint Gore <kg(at)kgb(dot)une(dot)edu(dot)au> wrote:
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> On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:10:15 +0930 (CST), Michael Talbot-Wilson <mtw(at)view(dot)net(dot)au> wrote:
> > How, really, do people pronounce PostgreSQL?
>
> we just use postgres.
Post Gress is what I've heard also.
>
> > They say that SQL should be pronounced "Sequel" and I've even met
> > people who do that.
>
> I hate that. It's an acronym not a word - you say the letters.
Uh, an acronym _is_ a word. That's the definition. (NASA, WAC,
RADAR, etc.) If it's pronounced as a list of letters, then it's not really
an acronym, even though it is in common usage (cf. TLA, ETLA, etc.)
Though after reading the Wiki on TLA, I see that we languaage
purists have tried to reclaim acronym by retrofitting the
definition of TLA to be three letter _abbreviation_.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tla
Sorry for the digression. {-;
-karl
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