OT: Pronunciation of GUID

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English majors!!

I have been saying "Goo-id" using two syllables , but I heard it
pronounced "Qwid" using one syllable. The Q has the sound of the Q in
"Quill".

How do you say it?
 
Paul Sullivan said:
English majors!!

I have been saying "Goo-id" using two syllables , but I heard it
pronounced "Qwid" using one syllable. The Q has the sound of the Q in
"Quill".

How do you say it?
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Gee You Eye Dee

I hate trying to prounounce these damn acronyms. Its only 4 letters.
 
Paul said:
I have been saying "Goo-id" using two syllables , but I heard it
pronounced "Qwid" using one syllable. The Q has the sound of the Q in
"Quill".
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Everyone I've ever heard says goo-id.

Mike
 
That's how I say it too...which is the same way I say SQL, ASP, ICQ, ADO,
etc...

Of course, that's not to say that people don't look at me funny when I say
them. Screw 'em...I know what I'm talking about :)

ShaneB
 
During the COM days this was a big debate inside of DevelopMentor ;-)

Don Box and some others insisted that it rhymed with Squid but me, I've always thought it rhymed with fluid.

Regards

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http://www,dotnetconsult.co.uk

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Paul said:
I have been saying "Goo-id" using two syllables , but I heard it
pronounced "Qwid" using one syllable. The Q has the sound of the Q in
"Quill".
Click to expand...

Everyone I've ever heard says goo-id.

Mike

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Daniel O'Connell said:
Gee You Eye Dee

I hate trying to prounounce these damn acronyms. Its only 4 letters.
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Same here. It usually sounds (to me) silly when people try to pronounce
such short acronyms (other examples: 'earl' for 'URL' and 'fack' for
'FAQ').
 
C# Learner said:
That's another one. People tend to pronounce that 'sequel'. It's 'ess cue
ell', dammit! <g>
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Believe it or not, the original name was Sequel, which stood for
"Structured English QUEry Language". Later, the "English" was dropped,
and the acronym was shortened to SQL for "Structured Query Language".

Mike
 
Two syllables - "GOO-id" with the emphasis on the first.

Could accept others though, matter of preference/accent really
I suppose Americans might be more likely to err on the side of the one
syllable, and Engligh (esp. Northern) on the side of the two syllable, but
there's probably lots of valid exceptions...
If it was one syllable, surely it'd be "Gwid" - not "Qwid" ? That sounds
too much like a "quid" - i.e. a pound.
 
ShaneB said:
That's how I say it too...which is the same way I say SQL, ASP, ICQ, ADO,
etc...

Of course, that's not to say that people don't look at me funny when I say
them. Screw 'em...I know what I'm talking about :)
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yeah, ;).

There are a few acronyms I pronounce, but all of them form english words(or
near english words), like asp, mainly because its hard to mentaly seperate
ASP the web tech's pronunciation from asp the snake's pronunciation when I'm
reading it. Same with NET.

There are a couple of others, but can't think of many off hand
 
Michael,
I prefer to pronounce SQL as the three letters, S Q L, as I always
considered sequel a brand. For some reason I was thinking Sequel was a
company that made a SQL product, and every one was using the Company name
Sequel. Like using Kleenex (a brand of facial tissue) to refer to Puffs Plus
(a separate brand of facial tissue).

Either way: I will probably still pronounce SQL as S Q L, and GUID as
Goo-Id.

Thanks for the tidbit
Jay
 
I can't speak for the international community, but it seems to be an
east coast / west coast thing here in the states. Kind of like gansta
rap versus hip hop.

At least we can all agree on the pronunciation of SQL, right?

:)

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During the COM days this was a big debate inside of DevelopMentor ;-)

Don Box and some others insisted that it rhymed with Squid but me, I've always thought it rhymed with fluid.

Regards

Richard Blewett - DevleopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/richardb/weblog
http://www,dotnetconsult.co.uk

nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp/<[email protected]>

Paul said:
I have been saying "Goo-id" using two syllables , but I heard it
pronounced "Qwid" using one syllable. The Q has the sound of the Q in
"Quill".
Click to expand...

Everyone I've ever heard says goo-id.

Mike

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Yep - Squall isn;t it <ducks>

Regards

Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
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I can't speak for the international community, but it seems to be an
east coast / west coast thing here in the states. Kind of like gansta
rap versus hip hop.

At least we can all agree on the pronunciation of SQL, right?

:)
 
English majors!!

I have been saying "Goo-id" using two syllables , but I heard it
pronounced "Qwid" using one syllable. The Q has the sound of the Q in
"Quill".

How do you say it?
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Gwid works fine. I have heard gooey-id too often.

regards
A.G.
 
Michael said:
Believe it or not, the original name was Sequel, which stood for
"Structured English QUEry Language". Later, the "English" was dropped,
and the acronym was shortened to SQL for "Structured Query Language".

Mike
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Exactly, and thats my pet peeve, people that still pronounce it sequel
and have no knowledge of why it "was" pronounced sequel and should not
be anymore.

JB
:)
 
William Stacey said:
Cool folklore. Got anymore?
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AS I under stand it, prior to Sequel, there was "Equel" ("Embedded
QUEry Language" -- pronounced "equal", used with COBOL), so the SQL was in
fact the sequel to Equel.

The real problem with the pronunciation is how to write "SQL" in a
sentence. How you refer to "_a_ sequel statement" or "_an_ ess-que-ell
statement" ?

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