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Re:An early look at Postgres 14: Performance and monitoring ... by Traubenfuchs on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:54AM (#27253751)
I don't know about other languages, but in German "Mongo" is pretty much a forbidden word as it is derogative descriptor for people with down syndrom and other visible defects, especially movement defects.
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Re:An early look at Postgres 14: Performance and monitoring ... by goatinaboat on Sunday May 23, 2021 @07:15AM (#27254168)
I don't know about other languages, but in German "Mongo" is pretty much a forbidden word as it is derogative descriptor for people with down syndrom and other visible defects, especially movement defects.

In the UK that would be "mong", for us Mongo is the planet Ming The Merciless is from.

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