| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Michael Talbot-Wilson <mtw(at)view(dot)net(dot)au> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: FAQ 1.1 |
| Date: | 2006-03-28 00:59:59 |
| Message-ID: | 25479.1143507599@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Michael Talbot-Wilson <mtw(at)view(dot)net(dot)au> writes:
> How, really, do people pronounce PostgreSQL?
> I've read the politically correct answer, "Post-Gres-Q-L" but it's
> such a mouthful, such a day's work to pronounce, that there must be a
> real street pronunciation, or a number of them, that are not being
> confessed to.
I think most of us just say "Postgres" ;-)
> "Pig Swill" is an easy guess. It is quite catchy and simple. But I
> wonder if there are other, perhaps more flattering pronunciations.
I've always read the names of these mailing lists as "pig-squeal" ...
seems very appropriate for discussion forums, if not for the product ...
regards, tom lane
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