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		uuuuuuuuuid on Sept 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vale.sh – A Linter for Prose Is “yoo-id” a common way of pronouncing UUID? I’ve only every spoken each letter in turn.

dharmab on Sept 4, 2023 [–]

I've only ever heard U-U-I-D, but I've also heard GUID pronounced as a single syllable like Gwid.

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