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minus-squarecron@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoIt annoys me how www. is pronounced in english. Really, double-u double-u double-u dot example dot com?
minus-squareBlisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoi like how saying “word wide web” is faster than saying “www”
minus-squareZombie-Mantis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoHow else would you say it? “Wwwwuuuuhh dot Google dot com”? Edit: or I guess, “world wide web” would make more sense?
minus-squarelurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 months agoIn other languages, German for instance, it’s pronounced kinda like “weh” or like the letter V in English. It’s easier to say that way. Back in the day I sometimes said “triple double u” to not have to say it the actual, complicated way 😅
minus-squarecron@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months ago“web” would have sounded nice and clear, we also didn’t name FTP the World Wide File Transfer Protocol (WWFTP).
minus-squareDave.@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months ago“Wuh-wuh-wuh”, using pronunciation similar to the start of “wow” or “woman”
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI’ve heard “dub-dub-dub”. But yeah, saying the abbreviation is longer than the words it’s abbreviating! 😀
minus-squareBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoMy favorite part of watching WWE is the way their main commentator says “WWE”. You can tell he savors every syllable of it
minus-squaretroglodyte_mignon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoSame thing in French. Doublevédoublevédoublevé. So. long.
It annoys me how www. is pronounced in english. Really, double-u double-u double-u dot example dot com?
i like how saying “word wide web” is faster than saying “www”
How else would you say it?
“Wwwwuuuuhh dot Google dot com”?
Edit: or I guess, “world wide web” would make more sense?
In other languages, German for instance, it’s pronounced kinda like “weh” or like the letter V in English. It’s easier to say that way. Back in the day I sometimes said “triple double u” to not have to say it the actual, complicated way 😅
“web” would have sounded nice and clear, we also didn’t name FTP the World Wide File Transfer Protocol (WWFTP).
“Wuh-wuh-wuh”, using pronunciation similar to the start of “wow” or “woman”
I’ve heard “dub-dub-dub”. But yeah, saying the abbreviation is longer than the words it’s abbreviating! 😀
My favorite part of watching WWE is the way their main commentator says “WWE”. You can tell he savors every syllable of it
Same thing in French. Doublevédoublevédoublevé. So. long.