Re: Using Postgres as an alias

On 9/27/07, Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com> wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >
> > although I can't recall ever seeing anyone refer to
> > it as Postgre, except in this list ... to be totally honest, if I ever *heard*
> > anyone refer to it as Postgre...
>
> If you're in sales and bring up a powerpoint that says "PostgreSQL" to
> customers you hear 'Postgre SQL' a lot. If you're in IT and show less
> technical executive management a proposal that says "PostgreSQL" you
> hear 'Postgre' a lot. If you're an entrepreneur showing potential
> investors a business plan that says "PostgreSQL" you hear 'why Postgre'
> a lot. In none of those situations is it a good use of time to go off
> on pronunciation tangents.
>
> To get a feeling for this, show the term to any people you know who aren't
> familiar with the project and ask how they would say it. Another way to get
> a feeling for it is to look at a word we're less numb to. Is "AppleSQL"
> pronounced "Apples Q. L" or is "MarCGF" pronounced "Marc G. F."?
>

2 pennies from me.

Sounds, text and language differ and this is an international project
and community.
Add to the international flavor by recording the spoken word(s) in a
variety of languages.
Put them on the site.
"Regardless of how you say it, it is the World's Most Advanced Open
Source Database"

Turn this lemon of a thread into lemonade.