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I have very strong feelings that a universally pronounceable product name is ESSENTIAL to wide adoption. PostgreSQL never rolls off the tongue, and it's not fun
by degenerate 5y ago
I have very strong feelings that a universally pronounceable product name is ESSENTIAL to wide adoption. PostgreSQL never rolls off the tongue, and it's not fun to say.
- Alacart 5y agoAgreed, though most people just call/pronounce it "post gress". Wish it had a better name though.
- whimsicalism 5y agoi both pronounce and spell it postgres. is that not a formal thing?
- eyelidlessness 5y agoIt’s how nearly everyone pronounces it, and for the most part spells it in common usage. The formal thing IIRC is that the name is PostgreSQL as it was originally a successor to Ingres, and added SQL support later.
- dkarl 5y ago> I have very strong feelings that a universally pronounceable product name is ESSENTIAL to wide adoption What? SQL itself is cursed with people thinking there's one right way to pronounce it, and everybody else is stupid, but PostgreSQL has the advantage that you can just say "Postgres" and dodge that mess. Good luck saying "MySQL" without triggering at least one person in your office. (I think the official MySQL stance is that both pronunciations are acceptable, but that doesn't stop pedants from being pedantic.)
- rustyminnow 5y agoThe only right way to pronounce it is my-squeal
- eyelidlessness 5y agoIt’s pronounced “postgres”, as in “ingress” but with “in” replaced by “post”. If that helps. No one pronounces the “SQL”, as no one can agree on its pronunciation.