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конечно :
in Russia I heard it pronounced as "three-double-u" which sound nice imo
2025-09-19 19:05:18
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Biby :
it's slower to say but much faster to type. that's why we used to say it, because if you typed worldwideweb.google.com it would not work
2025-09-19 21:50:58
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Mr. Tee Leaves 🍃🎶🇨🇦🫶 :
dub-dub-dub, three simple repetitive syllables and fun to say
2025-09-19 19:01:11
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michaelnicholson830 :
George Bush would say "Dubya dubya dubya"...so that shaves it down by 33%
2025-09-19 23:07:31
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ADHDville Podcast | Martin :
The whole entire point was that it’s easier to type it out in the url address. It’s got nothing to do with syllables. www. is easier to type than worldwideweb.
2025-09-19 22:03:29
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DavidH :
Nah, it was always called “The Web” for short. WWW was never a shortened version. It was just used as the part of the domain name to get to the default web page and was easy to type and remember. Also Douglas Adams was a bit of a comedian. So, take anything he wrote with a grain of salt. 😉
2025-09-19 22:00:06
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John Doe :
"triple-double-u" would already be faster than saying it three times, that's what most other languages use.
2025-09-19 19:17:10
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hooterstomkat🇺🇸 :
you don't abbreviate to shorten speech. you do it to shorten writing time. you eliminate ten characters from the written form. 13 vs 3.
2025-09-20 00:21:03
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Joshua Barker :
That’s why cop shows get on my damn nerves when they call it a “G.S.W.” instead of a gunshot wound.
2025-09-21 23:16:12
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KevinGarcia_com :
You quoted Douglas Adams, so I’m obligated to agree with you.
2025-09-20 12:22:35
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james montgomery :
I dont disagree with you, but I alsp feel like it's not that relevant. Imo, WWW is abbreviated because it's only 3 key presses over 12 in world wide web (14 with spaces) and It also would sound silly to say "go to world wide web dot Google dot Com", because they need to type www, not the full words. 🤷 How it's spoken, isn't even really part of the conversation imo. 🤷
2025-09-19 20:20:16
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lbmango :
sextuple u is at least only 4....
2025-09-20 04:51:09
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Zee :
I just want to say that my fight with “zed” is illogical and purely emotional, but what is a Zee to do?
2025-09-20 15:45:30
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Austin Ensing :
I just want to point out people don't say "www" as an abbreviation for world wide web, but as the beginning of a literal web address. even tho it has less syllables "world wide web dot Google dot com" is just not accurate
2025-09-21 00:22:05
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Donald Anderson :
It may be slower to say, but it is faster to type.
2025-11-15 08:16:00
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Tezhefas :
With my accent, it’s wor-uld wide web (so four) and dub-ya dub-ya dub-ya (six). Still obviously not shorter, but less bad haha
2025-09-19 19:22:28
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zebs :
Douglas Adams was always hysterical
2025-11-18 06:24:52
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Jim :
"WWW" is shorter when you type it out, that's the only purpose of the abbreviation
2025-09-23 00:53:08
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MV4LF3 :
W is such a strange name for it it the only letter in the alphabet that its name compares it to another letter and it doesn’t even look like it’s describing
2025-09-19 22:31:51
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acoral :
We call it we-we-we
2025-09-21 08:53:03
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Carrie Barrie :
ridiculous because nobody pronounces it that way. it takes me three syllables to say www, not nine. I've never heard one human pronounce it with nine syllables 😂
2025-09-20 12:45:14
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Brendan Stuart317 :
was it not abbreviated for type, not pronunciation? www is, and bear with me here, faster and easier to type than worldwideweb
2025-10-01 23:35:31
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Sean Hickey :
I feel this way when I’m watching cop shows or medical dramas when they shorten “gun shot wound” (3 syllables) to “G-S-W” (5 syllables). Like, if the purpose of shortening it is to convey the information more quickly, you’ve totally failed.
2025-11-11 19:32:32
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Saem.me :
Well "double-you" fits in the song. "Zed" feels like I'm tripping over a crack in the verbal sidewalk. I say this as a Canadian. 😅
2025-09-22 00:25:13
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