On Monday, 02.04.2007 at 10:27 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> 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. (Thanks CaT for that moment of sanity!) > I truly apologize if it seems that I am getting angry, because I'm not > even getting aggravated about this, much less angry. Ron, In that case, you *really* need to work on the way you come across on-list. A series of remarks such as "And that's wrong.", "Accepted by people who don't know better" and "When they do know better..." come across as insulting. If that's not how you really feel about it, then you have to accept that you have a problem correctly presenting your feelings on-list; or, rather, that you have a problem whereby you come across more aggressively than you intend. You make a large number valuable technical contributions to this list, which is excellent: this is the first time you've come across in this manner (to me, at least), which was unexpected. Back on thread... "... and is also sometimes referred to as just Postgres" was exactly what I'm getting at. Ron: can I politely suggest that unless you're prepared to make a contribution other than "You're all wrong, it's pronounced <however> and anyone who says something else doesn't know better" (in which case you've completely misunderstood the purpose of this thread) then you should refrain from following-up on this thread any more. Thanks, Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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