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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.
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.