Re: Changing the name

From: Scott Bailey <artacus(at)comcast(dot)net>
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Subject: Re: Changing the name
Date: 2010-01-27 16:35:52
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Selena Deckelmann wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>
>> Uh, it is a bigger problem for people who regularly hear new people
>> talking about it at conferences. It was a wake-up call for me when I
>> first started traveling.
>
> It continues to be a problem for new people to the project. They are
> reluctant to say the name until they hear someone else "in the know"
> say it because of how embarrassing it is to be corrected.
>
> We could change it to "PostSQL" and really confuse all the NoSQL people.
>
> Just kidding! :)
>
> -selena

I think you are on to something! How about... wait for it...

YeSQL

Then folks could mispronounce it yeee-S-Q-L or yee-se-kwel and perhaps
even just yee. Sound very olde English and authoritative.

Scott

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