[thechat] Pronounce URL

[Kevin Stevens]

> >> term World Wide Web because the acronym was 9 syllables long
> >
> >
> > World Wide Web - I count three syllables, four if you mangle wor-eld...
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> But the acronym (WWW) is 6 syllables by my count. Dubba-you Dubba-you
> Dubba-you.  Which is interesting if only because the acronym has more
> syllables than the phrase it stands for.

I think this might be an English thing, "W" would be pronounced
Duh-Bull-You.

Kevin Stevens
kjs at ratking.co.uk