[thechat] Pronounce URL

Judah McAuley judah at wiredotter.com
Wed Oct 8 00:41:34 CDT 2003


Andrew Forsberg wrote:
>> Judah McAuley wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
> 
> 
> it's still 9
> 
> dub-il-u x 3
> or
> dub-a-u x 3

I asked around here and dubba-u is two syllables here :)  I know there 
are two vowels seperated by a consonant, but its a single syllable, I swear.

Judah





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