Thread: Pronouncing PostgreSQL
Ok...this has irritated me for sometime. I've seen reference to dividing it up into proper syllables in the mailing archives, but couldn't find pronunciation of the "gres" part... Is it: Post - grease - queue - el Post - greee - es - queue - el or Post - gress - queue - el (as in impress) Thanks, Johnn
I always say: Pigee - squeal. At least it's easy to remember. None of the below exactly roll off the tongue. I seem to remember a site that had a sound file attachment for how to pronounce PostgreSQL, but I can't remember where I saw it. > -----Original Message----- > From: John Wells [mailto:jb@sourceillustrated.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:43 PM > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: [GENERAL] Pronouncing PostgreSQL > > > Ok...this has irritated me for sometime. I've seen reference > to dividing it up into proper syllables in the mailing > archives, but couldn't find pronunciation of the "gres" part... > > Is it: > > Post - grease - queue - el > > Post - greee - es - queue - el > > or > > Post - gress - queue - el (as in impress) > > Thanks, > > Johnn > > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so > that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly >
Yeah... I found a link to the sound file in a archived message, but it's 404 now... John Dann Corbit said: > I always say: > > Pigee - squeal. > > At least it's easy to remember. > > None of the below exactly roll off the tongue. I seem to remember a > site that had a sound file attachment for how to pronounce PostgreSQL, > but I can't remember where I saw it. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Wells [mailto:jb@sourceillustrated.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:43 PM >> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org >> Subject: [GENERAL] Pronouncing PostgreSQL >> >> >> Ok...this has irritated me for sometime. I've seen reference >> to dividing it up into proper syllables in the mailing >> archives, but couldn't find pronunciation of the "gres" part... >> >> Is it: >> >> Post - grease - queue - el >> >> Post - greee - es - queue - el >> >> or >> >> Post - gress - queue - el (as in impress) >> >> Thanks, >> >> Johnn >> >> >> >> ---------------------------(end of >> broadcast)--------------------------- >> TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate >> subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so >> that your >> message can get through to the mailing list cleanly >> >
I use your third pronunciation
Regards,
Chris Stokes
Senior Systems Consultant
Bass Software
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Subject: [GENERAL] Pronouncing PostgreSQL
Ok...this has irritated me for sometime. I've seen reference to dividing
it up into proper syllables in the mailing archives, but couldn't find
pronunciation of the "gres" part...
Is it:
Post - grease - queue - el
Post - greee - es - queue - el
or
Post - gress - queue - el (as in impress)
Thanks,
Johnn
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Me too. On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Chris Stokes wrote: > I use your third pronunciation > > Regards, > Chris Stokes > Senior Systems Consultant > Bass Software > ChrisS@BassSoftware.com <mailto:ChrisS@BassSoftware.com> > Main +613 8415 9300 > Direct +613 8415 9305 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org > [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of John Wells > Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2003 11:43 AM > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: [GENERAL] Pronouncing PostgreSQL > > > Ok...this has irritated me for sometime. I've seen reference to dividing > it up into proper syllables in the mailing archives, but couldn't find > pronunciation of the "gres" part... > > Is it: > > Post - grease - queue - el > > Post - greee - es - queue - el > > or > > Post - gress - queue - el (as in impress) > > Thanks, > > Johnn > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) >
John Wells wrote:
> Ok...this has irritated me for sometime. I've seen reference to dividing
> it up into proper syllables in the mailing archives, but couldn't find
> pronunciation of the "gres" part...
FOLDOC (Free Online Dictionary of Computing) says:
PostgreSQL
<database> /'post-gres-kyu-el/ An enhancement of the
POSTGRES database system.
Though I tend to pronounce that last syllable as "ell" not "el". The
difference is one of those trivial matters which Alexander Pope observed
are responsible for starting the greatest conflicts.
"you will go to *Dell* if you don't print my *label*".
Alex
I just say postgres Dann Corbit wrote: >I always say: > >Pigee - squeal. > >At least it's easy to remember. > >None of the below exactly roll off the tongue. I seem to remember a >site that had a sound file attachment for how to pronounce PostgreSQL, >but I can't remember where I saw it. > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: John Wells [mailto:jb@sourceillustrated.com] >>Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:43 PM >>To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org >>Subject: [GENERAL] Pronouncing PostgreSQL >> >> >>Ok...this has irritated me for sometime. I've seen reference >>to dividing it up into proper syllables in the mailing >>archives, but couldn't find pronunciation of the "gres" part... >> >>Is it: >> >>Post - grease - queue - el >> >>Post - greee - es - queue - el >> >>or >> >>Post - gress - queue - el (as in impress) >> >>Thanks, >> >>Johnn >> >> >> >>---------------------------(end of >>broadcast)--------------------------- >>TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate >> subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so >>that your >> message can get through to the mailing list cleanly >> >> >> > >---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > -- Command Prompt, Inc., home of Mammoth PostgreSQL - S/ODBC and S/JDBC Postgresql support, programming shared hosting and dedicated hosting. +1-503-667-4564 - jd@commandprompt.com - http://www.commandprompt.com Mammoth PostgreSQL Replicator. Integrated Replication for PostgreSQL
Post - gress - Q - L On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, John Wells wrote: > Ok...this has irritated me for sometime. I've seen reference to dividing > it up into proper syllables in the mailing archives, but couldn't find > pronunciation of the "gres" part... > > Is it: > > Post - grease - queue - el > > Post - greee - es - queue - el > > or > > Post - gress - queue - el (as in impress) > > Thanks, > > Johnn > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Craig O'Shannessy wrote: > Me too. Its the way I've always pronounced it ... > > On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Chris Stokes wrote: > > > I use your third pronunciation > > > > Regards, > > Chris Stokes > > Senior Systems Consultant > > Bass Software > > ChrisS@BassSoftware.com <mailto:ChrisS@BassSoftware.com> > > Main +613 8415 9300 > > Direct +613 8415 9305 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org > > [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of John Wells > > Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2003 11:43 AM > > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > > Subject: [GENERAL] Pronouncing PostgreSQL > > > > > > Ok...this has irritated me for sometime. I've seen reference to dividing > > it up into proper syllables in the mailing archives, but couldn't find > > pronunciation of the "gres" part... > > > > Is it: > > > > Post - grease - queue - el > > > > Post - greee - es - queue - el > > > > or > > > > Post - gress - queue - el (as in impress) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Johnn > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
They're used to be a sound bite on postgres.org on how to pronounce it properly.. any idea where that went? Travis -----Original Message----- From: Marc G. Fournier [mailto:scrappy@postgresql.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:46 PM To: Craig O'Shannessy Cc: Chris Stokes; John Wells; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Pronouncing PostgreSQL On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Craig O'Shannessy wrote: > Me too. Its the way I've always pronounced it ... > > On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Chris Stokes wrote: > > > I use your third pronunciation > > > > Regards, > > Chris Stokes > > Senior Systems Consultant > > Bass Software > > ChrisS@BassSoftware.com <mailto:ChrisS@BassSoftware.com> > > Main +613 8415 9300 > > Direct +613 8415 9305 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org > > [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of John Wells > > Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2003 11:43 AM > > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > > Subject: [GENERAL] Pronouncing PostgreSQL > > > > > > Ok...this has irritated me for sometime. I've seen reference to dividing > > it up into proper syllables in the mailing archives, but couldn't find > > pronunciation of the "gres" part... > > > > Is it: > > > > Post - grease - queue - el > > > > Post - greee - es - queue - el > > > > or > > > > Post - gress - queue - el (as in impress) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Johnn > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
I managed to find it here: http://postgresql.rmplc.co.uk/postgresql.mp3 Post-Gres-Queue-Ell > They're used to be a sound bite on postgres.org on how to pronounce it > properly.. any idea where that went? > > Travis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc G. Fournier [mailto:scrappy@postgresql.org] > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:46 PM > To: Craig O'Shannessy > Cc: Chris Stokes; John Wells; pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Pronouncing PostgreSQL > > > On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Craig O'Shannessy wrote: > > > Me too. > > Its the way I've always pronounced it ... > > > > > > On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Chris Stokes wrote: > > > > > I use your third pronunciation > > > > > > Regards, > > > Chris Stokes > > > Senior Systems Consultant > > > Bass Software > > > ChrisS@BassSoftware.com <mailto:ChrisS@BassSoftware.com> > > > Main +613 8415 9300 > > > Direct +613 8415 9305 > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org > > > [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of John Wells > > > Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2003 11:43 AM > > > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > > > Subject: [GENERAL] Pronouncing PostgreSQL > > > > > > > > > Ok...this has irritated me for sometime. I've seen reference to > dividing > > > it up into proper syllables in the mailing archives, but couldn't > find > > > pronunciation of the "gres" part... > > > > > > Is it: > > > > > > Post - grease - queue - el > > > > > > Post - greee - es - queue - el > > > > > > or > > > > > > Post - gress - queue - el (as in impress) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Johnn > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > > > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > > > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that > your > > > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > > > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > > > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to > majordomo@postgresql.org) > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html > > > > ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services > (http://www.hub.org) > Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: > 7615664 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if > your > joining column's datatypes do not match > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hİ, On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, wrote: > I managed to find it here: http://postgresql.rmplc.co.uk/postgresql.mp3 Whose voice is that? :) BTW, this mp3 was on the old web site, AFAIR. Regards, - -- Devrim GUNDUZ devrim@gunduz.org devrim.gunduz@linux.org.tr http://www.TDMSoft.com http://www.gunduz.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/zzP0tl86P3SPfQ4RAuvGAKCaUP6B+IIg1TGZPP9ZM3aANyF6KQCgzqG8 khqkbh4CSwsOIVREE6+t9D4= =G6Jq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Devrim GUNDUZ said: > BTW, this mp3 was on the old web site, AFAIR. Seems like there should be a *prominent* link on the site describing just how to pronounce it. From a marketing standpoint, having everyone uncomfortably stumbling over themselves while struggling to pronounce it in meetings with management is not a good way to gain widespread adoption, collaboration, etc. John
Tempest in a teapot. It's just trivia IMO. But, YMMV. > -----Original Message----- > From: John Wells [mailto:jb@devsea.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 6:51 AM > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Pronouncing PostgreSQL > > > Devrim GUNDUZ said: > > BTW, this mp3 was on the old web site, AFAIR. > > Seems like there should be a *prominent* link on the site > describing just how to pronounce it. From a marketing > standpoint, having everyone uncomfortably stumbling over > themselves while struggling to pronounce it in meetings with > management is not a good way to gain widespread adoption, > collaboration, etc. > > John > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend >