GUI Or Gooey?

[lxskllr]

What do you all say when you refer to a user interface for a computer? I always spell it out as GUI. Gooey sounds stupid to me, and even if it's accepted, I refuse to say it like that.

 

[Ika]

gee you eye.

 

[JulesMaximus]

It's gooey...kind of like spidey's brain.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

gooey

 

[RavenSEAL]

gee you eye.

^This

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Gooey.

 

[kstu]

gooey interface

 

[Mike Gayner]

Ugh at "gee you eye" morans.

 

[Aikouka]

Gooey

EDIT:

Ugh at "gee you eye" morans.

Probably the same that say Ess Coo Uuu Bee Ahh .

 

[TreyRandom]

Gooey. If a co-worker ever said G-U-I to me, I'd have to have a hearty laugh at his expense.

 

[lxskllr]

I was curious, because it doesn't come up a lot in my circle. I see it in print, but seldom hear it. Recently someone described a "gooey", and it took me a second to interpret what he was saying. I always say it as GUI in my head, and also in the rare circumstances when I speak it.

 

[rcpratt]

I always read it in my head as "gooey", but I'm not in IT so I don't think I've ever actually said it out loud.

 

[RavenSEAL]

I meant to be G.U.I. just like you would say NCAA...or fbi...never i my life have i heard someone call it gooey.

 

[tatteredpotato]

Gooey all the way.... one less syllable.

 

[DayLaPaul]

Gooey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Gooey. Every programmer I know says gooey.

 

[lxskllr]

Gooey. Every programmer I know says gooey.

Have you started the new job yet? If so, how's it working out for you?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Have you started the new job yet? If so, how's it working out for you?

No I'm still at university. I start on November 15th.

 

[IcePickFreak]

I always say G-U-I. Some acronyms work when pronounced, like NATO. Others not so much, like GUI. I can see the "Goo" but how the hell do you get the phonetic E sound from an I? On top of that, it sounds dumb.

 

[lxskllr]

I always say G-U-I. Some acronyms work when pronounced, like NATO. Others not so much, like GUI. I can see the "Goo" but how the hell do you get the phonetic E sound from an I? On top of that, it sounds dumb.

"I" can sound like "E", especially in languages other than English, but the point still remains that it sounds dumb :^D

 

[TreyRandom]

I meant to be G.U.I. just like you would say NCAA...or fbi...never i my life have i heard someone call it gooey.

You're not in IT, are you?

Perhaps you spell out WYSIWYG (wizzy-wig) and SCSI (scuzzy) as well, right?

 

[lxskllr]

You're not in IT, are you?

Perhaps you spell out WYSIWYG (wizzy-wig) and SCSI (scuzzy) as well, right?

For a dumb name to go with it, I'd have probably used "guy" or "gwai". I say the whole thing for What You See Is What You Get, but I do say scuzzy for SCSI.

 

[tatteredpotato]

/thread

EDIT: Bah DayLaPaul, beat me to it.

 

[Kirby]

Gooey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU

bahahahahhaahaha!!!!!!!!

 

[nutxo]

This polls results shows just how far anandtech has moved from being a tech forum maybe :-(