Comment by brbposting@sh.itjust.works on Might not even have to change the acronym

till (today I learned) some people say G - U - I and not gooey

The first time I heard the term gooey it was from someone I don’t like so now I can’t stand it. All I can think about is buying that dude a toothbrush, but then he’d probably go on about how toothbrushes are actually bad for your health.

I’ve always said the letters and was surprised when I heard someone say ‘gooey’ when I entered college.

Still don’t like it.

no one likes being wrong

At my last job I helped design VUIs, voice user interface. We called them “vooeys”.

some people say G - U - I

It should be that way always, frankly, I don’t know why gooey even got started. Something “gooey” is the last thing I’d want associated with computer stuff

But I loathe all of the stupid attempts at shoehorning pronunciations of initialisms where it doesn’t belong

It’s not “Sequel” its fucking S-Q-L. They’re all initialisms. I will go through my entire IT career and die on this hill.

Do you say J-P-E-G instead of jay-peg?

No because jay-peg actually makes sense and fits well, just like NASA makes sense and fits well. You can say NASA and JPEG without having to introduce additional letters to make it work. Unlike “Gooey”, “Sequel”, or “Scuzzy” which all require the addon of more letters to actually work

You can just see JPEG and intuitively go “Oh Jay-PEG” you can’t say the same for SCSI

You have to “add” letters for JPEG to be pronounceable.

Where? you can pronounce “J” 2 ways. “Je” and “Jay”

“PEG” stands on its own, and it’s also a word, “peg”

So when you pronounce Jay-PEG you’re just sounding out the “J” and pronouncing the word “PEG”. No letters have been added to make it pronounceable

In contrast to “Sequel”/SQL where you need to add a vowel “e” and a consonant “u” to get “sequel”

You literally added the A and the Y to say “jay.”

I suppose you called them small computer system interface drives instead of SCSI drives too.

I just say S-C-S-I instead of “Scuzzy” or whatever it is

Everyone says H-T-T-P, why don’t they say “Hettep”‽

Nah, it’s scuzzy.

And when I’m trolling, I say “huh-tu-tu-puh” for HTTP.

To get Scuzzy you have to fundamentally modify SCSI and break a few grammatical rules

In English, “S” before a consonant typically retains its standard /s/ sound (as in “stop” or “snow”). Pronouncing “SCSI” as “Scuzzy” violates this by softening the second “S” into a /z/ sound before the consonant “Z,” which doesn’t follow the rule where “S” remains /s/ unless a voicing context (such as between two vowels) alters it.

English has rules governing when consonants are “soft” (like “S” becoming /z/) or “hard” (like “C” becoming /k/). In “SCSI,” these letters maintain their distinct pronunciations, but when forced into “Scuzzy,” the “C” becomes part of a hard /sk/ sound, and the second “S” is softened into /z/. These changes are not guided by typical English consonant-hardening rules, especially since “SCSI” does not include the contextual elements that normally trigger these shifts (e.g., vowel placement following “C” in certain cases).

You also have to add whole new vowels like “u” and “y”

The C is hard because the second word is “Computer.” The O in “Computer” becomes a “u” sound because “scossy” sounds odd.

Don’t even start with PCMCIA

It’s not “sequel,” it’s “squirrel.”

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