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How do you even pronounce UEFI? (europe.pub)
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Yoo-fi? Yoo-ef-ee?

They shoulda made it easier to pronounce if they wanted people to call it that

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[–] 36 points 4 days ago (19 children)

You-ee-ef-eye

Just pronounce each letter. Am I doing it wrong?

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  • [+] 0 points 4 days ago (17 children)
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  • [–] 8 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    I do say gooey though. Because it’s easy to pronounce and has an existing English equivalent homophone.

    UEFI does not.

    I also say Wizzy Wig.

    And usually I say sequel instead of SQL. Though I think I switch back and forth with that one, probably based on context, but I can’t explain when or why now that I’m trying to think about it.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 days ago* (2 children)

    The prevent pronunciation of SQL as "sequel" is probably a result of it being frequently paired with an actual word, like MySQL or PostgreSQL. Or the fact that saying "M-S-S-Q-L" is a pronunciation obstacle course.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    What does lowercase have to do with anything?

    The only thing that differentiates an acronym from an initialism is if it’s easily pronounceable as a word.

    GUI is. GIF is. PDF is not. NASA is, NSA is not. SCUBA is. LASER is. FBI, ATM, URL, FYI are not.

    That’s really it. UEFI doesn’t have a real direct pronunciation to it. So it’s just U-E-F-I.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    I've heard a couple people seriously pronounced URL as Earl. Everybody gave them a what the fuck look.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Those are the same people that write "squeal" queries to get results out of a database.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 days ago

    Yeah, that's madness. First of all it's sequel.

    Second, fun fact, it's a backronym! SQL came after a cease and desist for calling it SEQUEL, such that it could be pronounced the same.

    So yes, you can totally say Sequel instead of S-Q-L, it's even historically accurate to do so!

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (5 children)

    Everyone says gooey, nobody I know has every said Gee You Eye.

    It's like Saytah, nobody is saying Ess Ay Tee Ay

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