From 23a982c53f1ca59646abb6a65dc7169aa3c10f09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austen Sharpe <49878195+aesharpe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:46:04 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add PUDL pronunciation to README (#3817)
---
README.rst | 5 +++--
docs/index.rst | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b81cc63243..a06b64d262 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ The Public Utility Data Liberation Project (PUDL)
What is PUDL?
-------------
-The `PUDL `__ Project is an open source data processing
-pipeline that makes US energy data easier to access and use programmatically.
+The `PUDL `__ Project (pronounced puddle) is an open source
+data processing pipeline that makes US energy data easier to access and use
+programmatically.
Hundreds of gigabytes of valuable data are published by US government agencies, but it's
often difficult to work with. PUDL takes the original spreadsheets, CSV files, and
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 9f70345c76..3ad2ea3107 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
The Public Utility Data Liberation Project
===============================================================================
-PUDL is a data processing pipeline created by `Catalyst Cooperative
+PUDL (pronounced puddle) is a data processing pipeline created by `Catalyst Cooperative
`__ that cleans, integrates, and standardizes some of the most
widely used public energy datasets in the US. The data serve researchers, activists,
journalists, and policy makers that might not have the technical expertise to access it