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There's something difficult about saying "hey go to mypornsite dot x-x-x", it's 3 syllables over the conventional "dot com", "dot net" or "dot org."
by jmtame 15y ago
There's something difficult about saying "hey go to mypornsite dot x-x-x", it's 3 syllables over the conventional "dot com", "dot net" or "dot org."
- wgx 15y ago"Go to mysite dot tripl'x" ?
- cryptoz 15y agowww has three times as many syllables as 'world wide web', yet somehow it caught on.
- xtacy 15y agoJust curious; how often have you heard dub-dub-dub for www?
- markng 15y agoI use that all the time, but the only other person I've heard say it is the person I picked the habit up from.
- michael_dorfman 15y agoBack in the day, we used to say "triple-dub" for www-- but that never caught on with the mainstream users, and died out around 1995 or 6, I suppose.
- FreeFull 15y agoIn Polish, it's pronounced wuwuwu
- dpcan 15y agoWell, I think tripple X is probably the way most people will "say" it, if it's ever actually "said" - if you know what I mean. When's the last time someone told you to go to a porn site in plain English, out loud, anywhere?
- waitwhat 15y ago"triple X" has the same number of syllables as "x x x"
- Florin_Andrei 15y agoBut it's easier to pronounce.
- waitwhat 15y agoAs noted elsewhere, lots of things are easier to pronounce than "w w w", even things with fewer syllables. They haven't caught on either.
- leif 15y agohow about "xs", as in "I don't want to have dinner with all of my exes."
- nash 15y ago.porn?
- chc 15y agoOn the other hand, the length + repetition also makes it more memorable than most TLDs.
- dskhatri 15y agoIt reminds me of the .mobi silliness. Why would a TLD, meant for the mobile devices, require one more keystroke, AND for the unfortunate people stuck using old phones with telephone keypads, require hitting 6 twice?