Why Linux is portrayed as a Penguin?

  • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I honestly didn’t know people pronounced it any other way than gee-en-you. It’s in all caps, so I figured you said each letter.

    Now that I think more about it though, I don’t know why I assumed that. I don’t say AWOL as ay-doubleyou-oh-el. I don’t say SNAFU as es-en-ay-ef-you.

    I’m just going to call it the OS for yaks from now on and never think about it again.

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      1 year ago

      This is how I am with “GUI”…I just call it Gee-you-eye. I finally went to a class on the subject for real and some people were calling it a “Gooey”…and I…no. Just fucking no. It’s not a “Gooey”.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve spent nearly 20 years in academia and professional software development and have never heard anyone pronounce it Gee-you-eye, funnily enough.

        Gonna try it this week and see how many people look at me like I’m crazy.

        Edit: spelling

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            1 year ago

            I think the distinction is kinda pointless anyways. As long as the information is conveyed I don’t really care about acronym/initialism pronounciation.

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        1 year ago

        I had textbooks in college (25 years ago) that always had little blurbs about the acronyms and their pronunciation. GUI, we were instructed, was pronounced gooey. WYSIWYG is wiz-ee-wig, etc. It was on tests IIRC.

      • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        For whatever reason, I always drop the G and just call it the UI. This thread is making me think that I don’t actually say anything the right way.