How do YOU pronounce "GUI"?

Resident Artist From : Devon, England OS : Vista

chekkz wrote:: ^lol computer illiterate? I don't see how - if anything, that would be computer literate.

Anyway, pretty much everybody i know in IT say it like gooey. Even my teachers, Windows classes, Linux classes, Networking classes, Security classes, the list goes on - they all say it like gooey... Typing "gooey" is even weird of course, cause when I type GUI, I assumed everyone was aware of it being pronounced "gooey" ::shrugs::

Yeah, but IMO 'gooey' sounds wierd, and to me is the kind of thing someone who isn't all thay savvy with technical terms would say tongue

Kid Sister From : NYC OS : Mac OS X

maybe it's just natural to me ^^ it's like GNU.. you know? We all know it's an acronym, just like GUI, but it's just one of those IT things. Do we say that as G-N-U (each letter), or pronounce it as a word Gnu? We say the word. You know.

I'm New OS : Vista Home Premium

I say it like 'guy' just because it's quick. I always though gooey was the proper way to say it though, but I geuss to each their own right?! :p

Member From : Georgia OS : Mac OS 10.5.3

Here at Georgia Tech, the professors pronounce it 'gooey'.

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well i do it as gooey lol

Regular Visitor OS : Windows Vista Home Premium

sometimes Gee You Eye, and sometimes Gooey! wink

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I've been IT for over 10+ years and I've ALWAYS pronounced it GEE YOU EYE... All IT folks I know make fun of people who pronounce it gewee. sad

Subject: Re: How do YOU pronounce "GUI"? September 13th 2008, 1:16 pm

I hope mrt2 is right because gooey sounds really wierd tongue

Kid Sister From : NYC OS : Mac OS X

I think the conclusion here should be there's not a right or wrong... we're getting different feedback from different people.
I think that what it is: people learn this from someone or from listening or reading, and it gets passed on in that way.

Mrt2 has been in the industry for that long and pronounce it differently than other people who have been in just as long.

We see people get ridiculed for saying it one way and then from another crowd they get ridiculed for saying it another way.

I say, just say it how you say it.. and lets all be happy! smile

We can agree to disagree. thumbs up