Re: How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"?

From: "Henry B(dot) Hotz" <hotz(at)jpl(dot)nasa(dot)gov>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, David Lloyd-Jones <icomm5(at)attcanada(dot)ca>
Cc: Wim Ceulemans <Wim(dot)Ceulemans(at)nice(dot)be>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: How Do You Pronounce "PostgreSQL"?
Date: 2000-08-21 20:09:54
Message-ID: v04210175b5c73c9bf677@[137.78.84.130]
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At 7:48 PM -0300 8/20/00, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>what's wrong wth "Post-Gres-QL"?
>
>I find it soooo simple to pronounce *shrug*
>
>On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, David Lloyd-Jones wrote:
>
> > I'm putting on my suits-type suit for just a moment.
> >
> > In order to Conquer The Universe(tm) why don't we just call it "PG"?
> >

IMNSHO the "QL" are silent and you pronounce it Postgres. I consider
the SQL query language to be merely a (major) feature added during
the evolution of the system.

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