On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 08:34:53AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 04/02/07 03:19, Dave Ewart wrote: > > On Sunday, 01.04.2007 at 16:12 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > >>>>> Most people I know pronounce this "post-gress" (dropping/ignoring > >>>>> the 'SQL' part at the end). > >>>> And that's wrong. > >>> Steady, Ron: don't accuse people of being "wrong", when there's a > >>> subjective way of pronouncing words! > >> You can call it /Stinking pile of manure/ if you want, but that's > >> *not* the correct way to pronounce PostgreSQL. > > > > Ron, you don't get it do you? > > > > The original poster wanted to know the way most people said common > > Unix/Linux words. > > > > PostgreSQL *is* pronounced "post-gress-ceu-ell" as you keep insisting > > (and with which I am *NOT* disagreeing): however, my point was that > > many, many, many people call is "post-gress", which is an widely-used > > accepted abbreviation. > > Accepted by people who don't know better. > > Hopefully when they *do* know better they'll pronounce it correctly.
>From the PostgreSQL FAQ: General Questions 1.1) What is PostgreSQL? How is it pronounced? PostgreSQL is pronounced Post-Gres-Q-L, and is also sometimes referred to as just Postgres. An audio file is available in MP3 format for those would like to hear the pronunciation. ... - http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ.html#item1.1 It would appear to me that the very people in charge of PostgreSQL are far less anal and insulting about it then you are. -- "To the extent that we overreact, we proffer the terrorists the greatest tribute." - High Court Judge Michael Kirby -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]