Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words
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On 04/02/07 08:45, CaT wrote:
> 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.
> ...
> - 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.
I truly apologize if it seems that I am getting angry, because I'm
not even getting aggravated about this, much less angry.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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