Re: Pronunciation of "PostgreSQL" (was: Re: [HACKERS] New man pages)

On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Thomas Lockhart wrote:

> > > > I have chosen to use "Postgres" within the docs, as a shorter (and
> > > > pronouncable ;) form of our product. "PostgreSQL" appears in all
> > > How hard is it to say "Postgresquel", really? Don't tell me you've been
> > > saying "Postgres cue ell".....;-)
>
> I'll bet that even the coiners of the term have some differences in
> their pronunciation. For the record, I use "Postgres" usually, and
> "Postgres-cue-ell" when forced...
>
> - Thomas
>
> Since we cap the "S", however you pronounce "SQL" should probably be
> how you do the end of "PostgreSQL". Lamar, are you a "ess-quel"
> person? That may be a regional dialect. Don't even get me started on
> that: it took me years to get over my strong inclination to use
> "hacker" to refer to a bad, clueless programmer...

And how do you say Linux, Thomas? I have a friend in Regina, Saskatchewan
(that's ra-Jine-ah, not ra-geen-ah) who says LINE-ex...I wince every time
I hear it. In fact, sometimes, if I'm less than fully caffeinated it
doesn't even register that he's made a reference to Linn-Ucks...
(Usually I truncate it to Lin-icks or simply: Slackware ;-)

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