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A not-untypical style (as used by the BBC) is to write initialisms like UUID in all caps, and acronyms like Nasa in title case. Initialisms are pronounced by s
by tomjakubowski 3y ago
A not-untypical style (as used by the BBC) is to write initialisms like UUID in all caps, and acronyms like Nasa in title case.
Initialisms are pronounced by saying each letter in order. Acronyms are pronounced as if they were words.
"ID" is a funny case because it's an ordinary abbreviation, and not really an initialism* or acronym, but it's pronounced just like an initialism. I think I'd prefer it "ID".
I would definitely avoid writing it "Id", lest it be confused with Freud's concept.
* unless as Norm Macdonald joked, the "D" is short for "dentification"
- cpeterso 3y ago“ID” can mean “identity document”, such as a passport.
- User23 3y agoThis is, to my half American ears, bizarre prescriptivism. We pronounce NASA as “nasa” and UUID as “yoo-id” (and GUID as “goo-id). And ID is pronounced “eye-dee.” And of course we pronounce OK (short for “oll korrect”) as “okay.”
- uuuuuuuuuid 3y agoIs “yoo-id” a common way of pronouncing UUID? I’ve only every spoken each letter in turn.
- dharmab 3y agoI've only ever heard U-U-I-D, but I've also heard GUID pronounced as a single syllable like Gwid.