GUI

JDHL has given a new dimension and pronunciation to G-U-I (Graphical User Interface)! Our bosses had embraced the word with love that I’d never seen b4…not even in the numerous computer classes through school, college or even my technical writing course. Such was the intensity of the love that they called it a pet name “gui” (like sui(needle)).
Sounds cute huh?
Well the best is yet to come…
While G-U-I, as per Dictionary.com can also be pronounced as gooey; “Gui”(like sui)= A*$ (Yes, Homo Sapiens’ rear end!!) in one of India’s popular languages! A very enlightening piece of knowledge from one of my colleagues! :P
Knowing this I made a resolve to eradicate this embarrassing nickname! Well I guess I got a bit too overconfident!
Try as I might, even after correcting my seniors countless times over, the “Gui” stay put on their vocabulary n lips!
“Kitni sundar design hui hai na Gui”
“Sir a ke zara eb baar gui check kr lijiye”
“XYZ mujhe apni design kari hui Gui dikhao”
“Ye Gui mein colours sahi nhi hai… ise kala kr do”
“Meet Gui ki pictures le kar manual mein dal do!”
“Madam ek idea hai! Kyun na ham apni website par apni Gui ki snapshots dal dein” ARRRGGGHHH!!!

And the list goes on! One of the clarifications dished out to me in “Gui’s” defence: Kya Meet… tujhe pata nhi US mein bhi sb aisa hi bolte hai…short and simple!” Yeah Right!!

Moving on…