[Gdal-dev] pronounce gdal, proj]

[Rich Signell]

Just to chime in:

The only way I've ever heard GDAL pronounced is
"JEE-DAL", pronounced to rhyme with "Hal".

And PROJ is always pronounced to rhyme with "Lodge".
Gerry Evenden, the creator of Proj, was here at the USGS in Woods 
Hole when I signed on, and that's how we always pronounce it.

-Rich


Matt Wilkie wrote:
> Maciek Sieczka wrote:
> 
>> Frank, All,
>>
>> How do I pronounce PROJ in English? In few days I will have to speak
>> English about PROJ.4 and GDAL for the first time. Regarding Gdal, I read
>> it should be like "goodle", is that true?
> 
> 
> personally I say "proj" and "jee-dal". Frank says something like
> "guhdal". One time when speaking to him on the phone I was confused for
> some time, trying to figure out why kept bringing "google" into the
> conversation. :)
> 
> cheers,
> 

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