Harry_Houdini to Linux@lemmy.ml • edit-29 months agoWhich is better: Linux or GNU/Linuxlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1400file-text
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minus-square@griefreeze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•edit-29 months agoI’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
minus-square@hardaysknight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoYeah at this point I don’t care if I’m right or wrong. I’m going to pronounce it Gee-you-eye.
minus-square@griefreeze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•9 months agoI think the distinction is kinda pointless anyways. As long as the information is conveyed I don’t really care about acronym/initialism pronounciation.
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
Yeah at this point I don’t care if I’m right or wrong. I’m going to pronounce it Gee-you-eye.
I think the distinction is kinda pointless anyways. As long as the information is conveyed I don’t really care about acronym/initialism pronounciation.