'W' Considered Harmful
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'W' Considered Harmful
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Re: 'W' Considered Harmful
#2It has always annoyed me that "world wide web" is significantly faster to say than "www".
Re: 'W' Considered Harmful
#3thats why i just say dub dub dub for www. There couldnt be a worse standard subdomain. Also great article.. if you are interested in measuring words and speech, we should talk ;)
Re: 'W' Considered Harmful
#4Let's make a movement to call W "wub". It uses its own sound, it is one syllable, and it sounds like "dub" (as in "double U"). As a bonus side effect, "www" will sound like dubstep.
Re: 'W' Considered Harmful
#5Let's make a movement to call W "wub". It uses its own sound, it is one syllable, and it sounds like "dub" (as in "double U"). As a bonus side effect, "www" will sound like dubstep.
i love it. very easy transition from dub dub dub
Re: 'W' Considered Harmful
#6Let's make a movement to call W "wub". It uses its own sound, it is one syllable, and it sounds like "dub" (as in "double U"). As a bonus side effect, "www" will sound like dubstep.
i love it. very easy transition from dub dub dub
Can this be like Soda vs Pop?
We can get the dubs and wubs together and have a rave.
Re: 'W' Considered Harmful
#7Just give it a more efficient name. In German it's referred to as [veː].
Re: 'W' Considered Harmful
#8the only letter whose name doesn’t include the sound it makes
I'm trying to figure out if the author pronounces H with a Tom Brokaw "haitch" or an Elvis Presley "aitchuhh".
Re: 'W' Considered Harmful
#9Who would worry with 'W'?
Re: 'W' Considered Harmful
#10The National Association Of W Lovers is not going to be happy about this.