| From: | Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)pathwaynet(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, " José Soares" <jose(at)sferacarta(dot)com>, Postgres Hackers List <hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Pronunciation of "PostgreSQL" (was: Re: [HACKERS] New man pages) |
| Date: | 1999-08-09 19:25:19 |
| Message-ID: | 37AF2B1F.DCDBFF8A@wgcr.org |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Lamar Owen wrote:
> > How hard is it to say "Postgresquel", really? Don't tell me you've been
> > saying "Postgres cue ell".....;-)
>
> I have! I don't see that there is really any difference between saying
> "postgresequel" and "postgres-cue-ell". The syllables are just switched.
> (kind of) However, perhaps the inventors of this term could offer their
> insight into their intended pronounciation.
Not post-gre'-se-quel -- post-gres'-quel. One less syllable. At least,
that's how I've been saying it. But, then again, when referring to
MySQL I don't say my-s-q-l; I say my'-squel.
Oh well...
Lamar
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