GUID pronunciation
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What is the proper pronunciation for GUID? 1) goo-id like fluid 2) gwid like squid? I have always said and heard gwid but at my new job they say goo-id and it sounds funny. Makes me laugh every time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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What is the proper pronunciation for GUID? 1) goo-id like fluid 2) gwid like squid? I have always said and heard gwid but at my new job they say goo-id and it sounds funny. Makes me laugh every time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
I use 1 and I think it has more logic, as far as you can use that with English. 'qu' is a two character single sound, so the vowel there is 'i', not 'ui' as in GUID. The analogy is fluid or ruin and I can't think of an English word with ui (that isn't qui) that is pronounced the other way. (Cuisine doesn't count, it's not of English origin.) You could use 'fruit' as an analogy (gyoud?) but I think that would just be too weird.
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What is the proper pronunciation for GUID? 1) goo-id like fluid 2) gwid like squid? I have always said and heard gwid but at my new job they say goo-id and it sounds funny. Makes me laugh every time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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What is the proper pronunciation for GUID? 1) goo-id like fluid 2) gwid like squid? I have always said and heard gwid but at my new job they say goo-id and it sounds funny. Makes me laugh every time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
i've only heard it pronounced "goo-id". in my head, i like to pronounce it "gweed" - you know, for fun.
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i've only heard it pronounced "goo-id". in my head, i like to pronounce it "gweed" - you know, for fun.
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i've only heard it pronounced "goo-id". in my head, i like to pronounce it "gweed" - you know, for fun.
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What is the proper pronunciation for GUID? 1) goo-id like fluid 2) gwid like squid? I have always said and heard gwid but at my new job they say goo-id and it sounds funny. Makes me laugh every time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
Tomato, potato, what's the difference. :-D
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What is the proper pronunciation for GUID? 1) goo-id like fluid 2) gwid like squid? I have always said and heard gwid but at my new job they say goo-id and it sounds funny. Makes me laugh every time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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What is the proper pronunciation for GUID? 1) goo-id like fluid 2) gwid like squid? I have always said and heard gwid but at my new job they say goo-id and it sounds funny. Makes me laugh every time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
I use (1), but I've also heard it spoken letter by letter (i.e. "gee you eye dee") which seemed odd to me. /ravi
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What is the proper pronunciation for GUID? 1) goo-id like fluid 2) gwid like squid? I have always said and heard gwid but at my new job they say goo-id and it sounds funny. Makes me laugh every time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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What is the proper pronunciation for GUID? 1) goo-id like fluid 2) gwid like squid? I have always said and heard gwid but at my new job they say goo-id and it sounds funny. Makes me laugh every time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
How ironic that something supposed to represent uniqueness, has mutliple pronounciations. :)
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What is the proper pronunciation for GUID? 1) goo-id like fluid 2) gwid like squid? I have always said and heard gwid but at my new job they say goo-id and it sounds funny. Makes me laugh every time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
If I'm talking to other technical people, I usually say goo-id. Though if I'm talking to non-tech folk, I usually try to spell out my acronyms (gee yoo eye dee) so they can look it up later if they need to. If they are really non-tech, I won't even bother with acronyms, I would just say globally unique identifier.
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I use 1 and I think it has more logic, as far as you can use that with English. 'qu' is a two character single sound, so the vowel there is 'i', not 'ui' as in GUID. The analogy is fluid or ruin and I can't think of an English word with ui (that isn't qui) that is pronounced the other way. (Cuisine doesn't count, it's not of English origin.) You could use 'fruit' as an analogy (gyoud?) but I think that would just be too weird.
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What is the proper pronunciation for GUID? 1) goo-id like fluid 2) gwid like squid? I have always said and heard gwid but at my new job they say goo-id and it sounds funny. Makes me laugh every time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
When all else fails theirs always: Gee-Ewe-Eye-Dee . . . works every time.
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How ironic that something supposed to represent uniqueness, has mutliple pronounciations. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
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i've only heard it pronounced "goo-id". in my head, i like to pronounce it "gweed" - you know, for fun.
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you know, for fun.
That why I pronounce XML as "shimmel". :-D
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:) Too true. Globally unique, in fact.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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How ironic that something supposed to represent uniqueness, has mutliple pronounciations. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
Individuality is fine as long as everyone is the same.
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
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What is the proper pronunciation for GUID? 1) goo-id like fluid 2) gwid like squid? I have always said and heard gwid but at my new job they say goo-id and it sounds funny. Makes me laugh every time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
