Harry_Houdini to Linux@lemmy.ml • edit-21 year agoWhich is better: Linux or GNU/Linuxlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down132file-text
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minus-square@thantik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish24•edit-21 year agoYeah, but should you pronounce it Gee-en-yoo or Guh-no͞o? Huh? That REALLY tells me where your allegiances lay.
minus-square@WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink8•1 year agoI honestly didn’t know people pronounced it any other way than gee-en-you. It’s in all caps, so I figured you said each letter. Now that I think more about it though, I don’t know why I assumed that. I don’t say AWOL as ay-doubleyou-oh-el. I don’t say SNAFU as es-en-ay-ef-you. I’m just going to call it the OS for yaks from now on and never think about it again.
minus-square@thantik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoThis is how I am with “GUI”…I just call it Gee-you-eye. I finally went to a class on the subject for real and some people were calling it a “Gooey”…and I…no. Just fucking no. It’s not a “Gooey”.
minus-square@griefreeze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•edit-21 year agoI’ve spent nearly 20 years in academia and professional software development and have never heard anyone pronounce it Gee-you-eye, funnily enough. Gonna try it this week and see how many people look at me like I’m crazy. Edit: spelling
minus-square@hardaysknight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoYeah at this point I don’t care if I’m right or wrong. I’m going to pronounce it Gee-you-eye.
minus-square@WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoFor whatever reason, I always drop the G and just call it the UI. This thread is making me think that I don’t actually say anything the right way.
minus-square@Murdoc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink5•1 year agoLike much of my early language skills, I learned it from Sesame Street: “Remember: No g-news is good g-news with Gary Gnu!” 😛
minus-square@SheDiceToday@eslemmy.eslinkfedilink5•1 year agoYou mean you don’t pronounce it “GNU’s Not Unix” to all of your compatriots?
Yeah, but should you pronounce it Gee-en-yoo or Guh-no͞o? Huh? That REALLY tells me where your allegiances lay.
Ñu
Nü
Nee!
Ño.
I pronounce it GNU
I honestly didn’t know people pronounced it any other way than gee-en-you. It’s in all caps, so I figured you said each letter.
Now that I think more about it though, I don’t know why I assumed that. I don’t say AWOL as ay-doubleyou-oh-el. I don’t say SNAFU as es-en-ay-ef-you.
I’m just going to call it the OS for yaks from now on and never think about it again.
This is how I am with “GUI”…I just call it Gee-you-eye. I finally went to a class on the subject for real and some people were calling it a “Gooey”…and I…no. Just fucking no. It’s not a “Gooey”.
I’ve spent nearly 20 years in academia and professional software development and have never heard anyone pronounce it Gee-you-eye, funnily enough.
Gonna try it this week and see how many people look at me like I’m crazy.
Edit: spelling
Yeah at this point I don’t care if I’m right or wrong. I’m going to pronounce it Gee-you-eye.
For whatever reason, I always drop the G and just call it the UI. This thread is making me think that I don’t actually say anything the right way.
Like much of my early language skills, I learned it from Sesame Street:
“Remember: No g-news is good g-news with Gary Gnu!” 😛
You mean you don’t pronounce it “GNU’s Not Unix” to all of your compatriots?