Re: FAQ 1.1

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote:

> How, really, do people pronounce PostgreSQL?
>
> I've read the politically correct answer, "Post-Gres-Q-L" but it's
> such a mouthful, such a day's work to pronounce, that there must be a
> real street pronunciation, or a number of them, that are not being
> confessed to.
>
> They say that SQL should be pronounced "Sequel" and I've even met
> people who do that.  The need for a simple pronunciation with many
> fewer than 4 syllables seems more urgent for PostgreSQL.
>
> "Pig Swill" is an easy guess.  It is quite catchy and simple.  But I
> wonder if there are other, perhaps more flattering pronunciations.
>
> Do you have a snappy pronunciation and what is it?  I'd be interested
> in what the babble is at your PostgreSQL site.

I pronounce it as above, or just refer to it as 'p-g-s-q-l' ... others
just refer to it as postgres ... and I've heard of 'pig squeal', but had
heard 'pig swill' ...

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