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How do you pronounce GUI? I've heard it both ways, "gooey" and "G-U-I"
So which is it?
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My english teacher said it�s something like gooey.
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It's "gooey".
G-U-I just sounds 'ick'
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[poem]I say "guy" but don't know why.[/poem]
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I say G-U-I because its initials and not a word. Who can honestly say that they pronounce PDF as pudf or U,S, as us, being from the U.K I say U.K no-one would say 'Hi im from the uck'
But each to there own maybe im just odd
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How do you pronounce nutbar?
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The proper pronunciation would be G-U-I because it is an acronym meaning Graphical User Interface.
But I still think 'gwee' when reading it
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"nutbar"
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Originally posted by badidea:
[poem]I say "guy" but don't know why.[/poem]
Wow... you're a poet and didn't know it!
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Originally posted by MacDog:
Wow... you're a poet and didn't know it!
Is that true? I've always been thinking the only one was only you! Whoohoo. Boo.
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You spell it out G-U-I. Gooey is how you pronounce it if your trying to be hip (in a lame/imature way). GUI are the initials for Graphical User Interface. So its "pronounced" G-U-I.
When i hear "Gooey", i assume the person is a compleeeeete idiot. Learn your terms!
Edit: i should read all the posts before i reply... DOH! (Not D-O-H)
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So that leaves us with " D G E E H O O W H Y "
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I've heard it pronounced as "gooey" by just about everyone of any importance in Silicon Valley, way back since when the Mac was introduced.
GUI is an acronym and should be pronounced as a word.
http://www.answers.com/topic/gui&method=6
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Not all abbreviations are pronounced as letters...
NASDAQ is pronounced "NAZ-DACK"
FIFA = Fee-fa
(i'm sure I could think of more if I felt like caring about it...)
even though it is an abbreviation, I always think of it as gooey. I don't think something that makes the interface more exciting and beautiful should be so rigid and structured as g-u-i.
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There's nothing consistent about how this all works. For example, "GUI" is of course pronounced "gooey", but 'GIF", despite the official explanation, should only be pronounced "gif" with a hard "g" as in "gift" not like the peanut butter which frankly sounds wee-todd-ed.
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Apple called it the gooey.
Common sense -- pick the easier one to say.
gee yew eye or gooey?
en aye es cee aye cue or nazdak?
gee eye eff or jiff?
jay pee gee or jaypeg?
other way around
pee en jee or punguh?
et cetera it works either way for different things
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It'll be much easier if you just comply.
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I pronounce GUI as "Interface". Almost all interfaces are user based and almost all are graphical; I see no need anymore to call them Graphical User Interfaces. Usually, I'm more descriptive when I'm talking about interfaces that aren't graphical; such as textual and three-dimensional interfaces.
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Originally posted by Wiskedjak:
I pronounce GUI as "Interface".....
Ha ha haa
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"Gooey", and that's more or less because it IS the easiest way to say it. I would refer to it as just an "interface", except for the fact that I have to occasionally deal with programming interfaces, as well as textual interfaces, so the added degree of detail is necessary.
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pdf, jpg, tif, gif, eps, psd, gui, si vous plais.
Gerrit's appEXT icons must drive a bunch of you nuts. You nuts.
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gooey, jay-peg, pee-en-gee, sequel, mac oh-os ten
GIF I pronounce as gif.
re: I pronounce GUI as "Interface".....
Whoa. I actually said that out loud to my room mate seconds prior to reading it.
I'm sorry, but this is the stupidest thread I've ever seen! Best viewed in a tab-capable browser side by side with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic while watching Casino Royale and listening to Secret Agent Radio on http://somafm.com/
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Gooey.
Just like NASA, SCUBA, RADAR, LASER, and other acronyms.
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Originally posted by sworthy:
How do you pronounce GUI? So which is it?
oo-wee chewie gooey gooey gooey goodness.
Come on, noobs. It's been pronounced that way since *at least* the 80's.
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Originally posted by dru:
Come on, noobs. It's been pronounced that way since *at least* the 80's.
I don't do any type of interface work and I've repeatedly heard it both ways from people that do...
This ended up being a funny thread though
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It's the letters. I think gooey is just a joke.
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I say gooey (as most people I know) just because it's clean and easier.
Now, when people see OSX, do you think Oh es ten or Oh eS ex? Do you say it the same way you read it??
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Originally posted by Randman:
do you think Oh es ten or Oh eS ex?
both (but more ex than ten)
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Well (excluding 'interface') how would you say UI, then?
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Originally posted by Judge_Fire:
Well (excluding 'interface') how would you say UI, then?
I'd just say interface as the "user" part can automatically be inferred.
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Originally posted by Randman:
I say gooey (as most people I know) just because it's clean and easier.
Now, when people see OSX, do you think Oh es ten or Oh eS ex? Do you say it the same way you read it??
Neither, I say Oh Sex
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This thread should be dropped. It's gooey... saying it any other way makes you look like just another business or cla major. I feel dumber after reading this.
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Originally posted by Wiskedjak:
I pronounce GUI as "Interface". Almost all interfaces are user based and almost all are graphical; I see no need anymore to call them Graphical User Interfaces. Usually, I'm more descriptive when I'm talking about interfaces that aren't graphical; such as textual and three-dimensional interfaces.
Wrong. Most interfaces are actually neither graphical or textual. Most interfaces are physical. Buttons, levers, switches, keyboards, remotes etc.
And by the way it's gooey. Look up the differences between abbreviations and acronyms.
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its an acronym. G-U-I. i think "Gooey" was invented by one of the knuckleheads on "the screen savers"
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Originally posted by h4ck:
its an acronym. G-U-I. i think "Gooey" was invented by one of the knuckleheads on "the screen savers"
Yes it's an acronym, hence: "Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for.
Of the two words, acronym is the much more frequently used and known, and many speakers and writers refer to all abbreviations formed from initial letters as acronyms. However, some differentiate between acronyms and initialisms: an acronym is a pronounceable word formed from the initial letter or letters of the constituent words, such as NATO (nay-toe), and an initialism is an abbreviation pronounced as the names of the individual letters, and is formed only from the initial letter of constituent words, such as TLA (tee el ay). This distinction is supported by many dictionary definitions, but not by all."
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"A graphical user interface (or GUI, pronounced "gooey") is a method of interacting with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and widgets in addition to text."
End of discussion. GUI is an acronym, pronounced gooey and has been since the expression was invented.
Geez. Some people.
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Gooey sounds better and is faster.
"NASA", 'nuff said. If you actually spell out "NASA", I pity you.
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Honestly, anyone who says GUI Gee You Eye.... "I fart in your general di-rection". Stop the insanity. Every time you say it Gee You Eye, God kills a kitten.
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Originally posted by PMDaly:
Honestly, anyone who says GUI Gee You Eye.... "I fart in your general di-rection". Stop the insanity. Every time you say it Gee You Eye, God kills a kitten.
You're right. This thread is dumbing you down!
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Oooh, *ZING*. Very clever... how's that goin for ya?
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Quite well, and thanks for asking!
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