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I make this type of comment a lot, but what's up with naming nowadays? How is Schnack pronounced? How easy do you think it would be to tell somebody to try it
by nkkollaw 9y ago
I make this type of comment a lot, but what's up with naming nowadays?
How is Schnack pronounced? How easy do you think it would be to tell somebody to try it out and how high are the chances that they'll misspell it and give up finding the site?
I don't get it.
- alexkavon 9y agoAgreed. Isn't the old rule, if you have to spell it in a loud public space (rather than just saying it), then it's a bad name?
- dominikmauritz 9y agoIt's German for 'chat'. Here is the translation including audio: https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/schnack https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/schnack
- nkkollaw 9y agoI see--thanks. I still think it's very hard to both spell and pronounce as a name for a product, though...
- Analemma_ 9y agoI assume it’s like snack, but with an initial sh sound. And I don’t think software projects with inscrutable names are a new thing. I still have no idea how to pronounce “PostgreSQL”, for instance.
- LeoPanthera 9y agoI have always said Post-gres-Q-L which is probably wrong but it's too late to change now. I'm committed.
- nkkollaw 9y agoSame here.
- symfoniq 9y ago^ Correct.
- manigandham 9y agoThat is the right way to say it. It was originally just named Postgres, as in Post Ingres, because it evolved from the Ingres database project.
- DoreenMichele 9y agoI assume it’s like snack, but with an initial sh sound. It's German. I would bet it is more like shock, but with an N added. (I can't readily verify that. I am in a library and all searches for the pronunciation lead me to audio files and I can't listen to them.)
- mbid 9y agoYou realize there are parts of the world where English is not the main language?
- nkkollaw 9y agoI do. I'm Italian and I live in Poland. What is your point?