• SuckMyWang@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It was a poor explanation. Double you has 3 syllables so it has nine all up vs 3. So it takes 3 times as long. I don’t think it was about the time but the ease of saying it. World Wide Web is a bit annoying to say

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      3 months ago

      I don’t think it does take 3 x as long to say though, I think they both take about the same amount of time. Double-u is easy to say.

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      3 months ago

      (Happy cake day! )

      Yes it is, but why not just say the sound of the letter?

      Way-way-way / wee-wee-wee / wuh-wuh-wuh ?

      Even the dub-dub-dub someone else suggested would work.

      No wonder everyone dropped the www. from their urls ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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        3 months ago

        I’ve no better answer than “It just isn’t done.” Native English speakers at the very least would not interpret that as indicating the letter, they would interpret it as someone stuttering or what they’re trying to say is stuck on the tip of their tongue.