How do you pronounce DIR and GUE?

[SanFranDiver]

When actually speaking rather than texting, how are DIR and GUE pronounced?

1. dir as in Direct or
2. DEE EYE ARE

3. Goo
4. Gew
5. Gooey
6. Gee Ewe Eee

 

[deepstops]

#2 and #6, end of discussion. Anyone that says otherwise should be playing golf

 

[siikik]

I can honestly say I've never given it that much thought.

You could just pronounce the whole phrase... then you won't get any strange looks from either pronouncing the acronyms wrong or from the puzzled "what are you talking about?" look.



Ken

 

[Web Monkey]

When actually speaking rather than texting, how are DIR and GUE pronounced?

1. dir as in Direct or
2. DEE EYE ARE

3. Goo
4. Gew
5. Gooey
6. Gee Ewe Eee

The first one is pronounced "yergonnadie!"

 

[dpbishop]

It takes years of training to pronounce them correctly.

 

[John_B]

When actually speaking rather than texting, how are DIR and GUE pronounced?

2. DEE EYE ARE

6. Gee Ewe Eee

#2 and #6. Think about it, how do you pronounce DIY (as in: do it yourself)?

 

[AbyssalPlains]

There is only one way of pronouncing it right. All the alternatives you suggest add unnecessary failing points and should be avoided.

If you are in doubt, take a pronunciation fundamentals course.

 

[redrover]

I say Der. Don't know that it matters. No one I've said it too know what that is or the D. I. R. pronunciation either.
Don't seem to say DIY. I thought they were like LOL, but YMMV.
Is this sacrilegious?

 

[DA Aquamaster]

I pronounce DIR as DEE EYE ARE because I like the approach and that is the way it was intended to be said.

I pronounce GUE as "GOOEY" and do it with perhaps a very tiny bit of glee and maybe even a small portion of malice as GUE has done some bad things to DIR and how it is percieved by many divers.

 

[brockbr]

Well, it really depends.

For example:

DIR = Dee Eye Are
DIR = "Dir" as in "Direct"

Same for GUE...
GUE = Gee Ewe Eee
GUE = "Gooey"

And of course, there are always exceptions:
GUE = Goo