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Or, of course, WWW (world-wide web) where each word of the acronym is itself a single syllable. This means the acronym is 6 syllables longer if you were speakin
by nkrisc 6d ago
Or, of course, WWW (world-wide web) where each word of the acronym is itself a single syllable. This means the acronym is 6 syllables longer if you were speaking it.
- bluebarbet 6d agoIndeed. This has to rank as one of the worst branding mistakes in history. All TBL had to do was call the subdomain "web" but instead he went for the infuriatingly fussy and tongue-tying "www".
- b112 6d agoIt was a different time. Everything from movies to stories at the bus stop were longer, more relaxed, less rushed. www probably didn't seem like a big deal at the time. Alternates seem... bad. Instead of 'double u', you could say 'sexta-u', but that could lead to a slap in the face. Possibly the same for sextuple-u, which sounds like someone's going to tackle you then do some strange all over you. If it wasn't for U and V switching in the middle ages, it'd be like the french language which says 'double v', and then 'sexta-v' could be OK.
- JadeNB 6d ago> It was a different time. Everything from movies to stories at the bus stop were longer, more relaxed, less rushed. www probably didn't seem like a big deal at the time. Hmm, and yet, though of a different era, we got `cp`, `ls, `mv`, `rm` ....
- PlunderBunny 6d agoIt’s (slightly) easier to type www than web.
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- ddingus 6d agoA radio talk show host I really enjoyed came up with this: .'triple double ya site dot gom." You can say that fast and people get it.
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