Re: I am being interviewed by OReilly

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> Post-gres-Q-L ... again, that is difficult to pronounce in what way? Or
>
> > I think the problem is that PostgreSQL is both a name and an acronym,
> > mixed into single word. Postgres is a name, SQL is an acronym,
> > PostgreSQL is both. That is where people get confused.
>
> The problem is that the typography makes it look like the split should
> be "Postgre / SQL". I can see exactly why people think the name portion
> is "Postgre" --- it's not at all apparent that the "S" is part of both
> parts of the word, until you've been told.
>
> Had we capitalized the name like "PostgresQL" maybe the correct
> pronunciation would be more obvious.

No one pronounces MySQL as Mice-QL.

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