Yoo-fi? Yoo-ef-ee?
They shoulda made it easier to pronounce if they wanted people to call it that
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You-ee-ef-eye
Just pronounce each letter. Am I doing it wrong?
That's what I've always done, though someone mentioned their native language being the conflict, so maybe in other languages the E sound is better marked with an i for some, no idea.
I do say gooey though. Because it’s easy to pronounce and has an existing English equivalent homophone.
UEFI does not.
I also say Wizzy Wig.
And usually I say sequel instead of SQL. Though I think I switch back and forth with that one, probably based on context, but I can’t explain when or why now that I’m trying to think about it.
The prevent pronunciation of SQL as "sequel" is probably a result of it being frequently paired with an actual word, like MySQL or PostgreSQL. Or the fact that saying "M-S-S-Q-L" is a pronunciation obstacle course.
It’s actually because that’s the original pronunciation. It was SEQUEL, the sort-of successor to the QUEL QUEry Language. The shortening to SQL came later.
Ok thanks. MySQL, PostgreSQL and MSSQL are all cases when I actually say S - Q - L.
I say sequel when I use sqlplus, sqldeveloper, SQLServer.
Gooey is ubiquitous though.
I only every hear people say that, or "graphical user interface", never "GUI"
What does lowercase have to do with anything?
The only thing that differentiates an acronym from an initialism is if it’s easily pronounceable as a word.
GUI is. GIF is. PDF is not. NASA is, NSA is not. SCUBA is. LASER is. FBI, ATM, URL, FYI are not.
That’s really it. UEFI doesn’t have a real direct pronunciation to it. So it’s just U-E-F-I.
I've heard a couple people seriously pronounced URL as Earl. Everybody gave them a what the fuck look.
Those are the same people that write "squeal" queries to get results out of a database.
Yeah, that's madness. First of all it's sequel.
Second, fun fact, it's a backronym! SQL came after a cease and desist for calling it SEQUEL, such that it could be pronounced the same.
So yes, you can totally say Sequel instead of S-Q-L, it's even historically accurate to do so!
This whole snafu is fubar.
and what about BIOS ?
Everyone says gooey, nobody I know has every said Gee You Eye.
It's like Saytah, nobody is saying Ess Ay Tee Ay
I say gee-u-eye instead of gooey because I pronounce UI as u-eye
Saytah‽ I've always said sahtah
American accent vs British in peripherals
WTF? Its clearly saahhh taahhh
American accent vs British in peripherals