How is GUID pronounced?

Question

Is it pronounced "Gewid" or is it prononced "G.U.I.D" by spelling out the letters. It seems inconsistently used. What is the proper pronountiaton? Same story goes for SQL. It seems more people say "S.Q.L." than "Sequel".

My co workers and I often argue about this. I want a definitive answer with something to preferrably back it up. I want to end these arguments, be able to point at something and say, this is how you properly pronounce it.

Duplicates

GUID: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/560629/what-are-the-pronunciations-of-these-abbreviations

SQL: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23886/sql-pronunciation

Answer 1

It's pronounced "Goo-id"

And FWIW it's sequel, not es-queue-el.

Think of it this way. It's 25% more efficient to say "goo-id" than "Gee ewe eye dee"

And 33% more efficient to say "see-qwell" instead of "ess queue el"

Answer 2

I say goo-id. I say sequel.

Answer 3

This is personal preference and both forms are accepted and understood in general practice. You'll find however that teams tend to stabilize on one method or another and consistency in the group is really the only important factor.

Answer 4

There seem to be regional variations. I hear both "Goo-id" and "Goo-ed".

Answer 5

I tend to say "guidi" (pronounced as it's written, as Finnish always is).

Answer 6

For what it's worth, Wikipedia says "Goo-id" (pronounced /ˈɡuːɪd/). Then again, anyone can edit it!

Answer 7

I say 'goo-id' and 'S-Q-L'.

According to Wikipedia:

• GUID: pronounced /ˈɡuːɪd/ or /ˈɡwɪd/
• SQL: pronounced ess-cue-el or see-kwul

Sequel was an early name for SQL but it was changed because of a trademark issue. I think Sequel being used again for SQL became popular after Microsoft started calling their SQL Server product "Sequel Server". If you say "Sequel" instead of "SQL" I will probably assume that you use SQL Server.

• The official pronunciation of PostgreSQL is Post-gres-Q-L. (MP3)
• The official pronunciation of MySQL is also My-S-Q-L.
• The offical pronunciation of SQL is S-Q-L:

The original SQL standard declared that the official pronunciation for SQL is "es queue el". Many English-speaking database professionals still use the nonstandard pronunciation /ˈsiːkwəl/ (like the word "sequel").

Answer 8

When I'm bored, SQL becomes Squeal. I write Squeal, I run a Squeal Server, and occasionally use MySqueal.