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Member Group : Member Joined : 17 Apr 2008 From : NC, USA

most in the industry will tell you it is standard to pronounce it "gooey"

Member Group : Member Joined : 04 Feb 2008

gooey.
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no! I say G-U-I, i think gooey is disgusting
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Senior Member Group : Member Joined : 17 Apr 2008

Gooey sounds really... stupid tongue

I mean, no offence to anyone, but it makes you sound computer illiterate wink

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

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::
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Senior Member Group : Member Joined : 17 Apr 2008

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.
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I'm New Group : Member Joined : 01 Jun 2008

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 Group : Member Joined : 06 Jun 2008 From : Georgia

Here at Georgia Tech, the professors pronounce it 'gooey'.
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Regular Visitor Group : Member Joined : 09 Aug 2008

well i do it as gooey lol

Regular Visitor Group : Member Joined : 03 Jul 2008

sometimes Gee You Eye, and sometimes Gooey! wink

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

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I hope mrt2 is right because gooey sounds really wierd tongue

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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

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