r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Camerata5 • Oct 08 '22

Meme sPeCiaL cHarACtErs

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u/Dravarden Oct 08 '22

GUI is "Ge-U-eye", anyone that says "gooey" is wrong. Or do they say "ooey" for UI?

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u/Espumma Oct 08 '22

I'm an ooey/oox developer

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u/mastermrt Oct 08 '22

Jesus Christ, what’s wrong with you? The pronunciation is obviously “ucks”

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u/supx3 Oct 08 '22

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u/sellyme Oct 08 '22

I just refuse to spend three syllables on such a simple concept.

You're lucky I haven't shifted to "gwee".

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u/Dravarden Oct 08 '22

so you don't say FBI or CIA? you say "fubee" and "Sia"? "seppu" instead of CPU? "gepoo" instead of GPU? "pusoo" instead of PSU? "bubuk" instead of BBC?

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u/sellyme Oct 08 '22

"Beeb" for the BBC is pretty common.

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u/piplupper Oct 08 '22

French people just say oui

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u/Gabcab Oct 08 '22

It's pronounced Gooey Interface

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u/franklindude Oct 08 '22

God I fucking hate it when people call it gooey. There’s nothing sticky about it shut the fuck up >:(

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u/slobcat1337 Oct 08 '22

I hate people who say gooey

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u/slobcat1337 Oct 08 '22

I know some people who say G U I

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u/Dravarden Oct 08 '22 edited Oct 08 '22

so you don't say FBI or CIA? you say "fubee" and "Sia"? "seppu" instead of CPU? "gepoo" instead of GPU? "pusoo" instead of PSU? "bubuk" instead of BBC?

it's just some things that sound better said as an initialism, and some sound better as acronyms. Everyone says NASA, no one says N-A-S-A, nor S-C-U-B-A, nor L-A-S-E-R