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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

TIL you can pronounce it "Gooey" - aww, people are wierd but creative!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Funny having the opposite realization. Wonder how many times each of us have heard others pronounce GUI. You in the US?

Hard for me to estimate now that I think about it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've probably said GUI tens of thousands of times. Have you ever heard some pronounce SQL as squeal?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

LOL

Thankfully absolutely not

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

'I' before 'E' except after 'W'

It's easy to remember because it rhymes