Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 08:34:53AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 04/02/07 03:19, Dave Ewart wrote:
> > On Sunday, 01.04.2007 at 16:12 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> >>>>> 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.
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- 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.
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