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Kia ora all,
Just interested to know whether it is only us kiwis who pronounce the acronym www (double U, double U, double U,) as, e.g, 'dubdubdub.wordsmith.org' I mentioned dub dub dub to someone from England the other night and they had no idea what I was on about.
Just curious.
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Most people I talk to here (Western Canada) just say timewaster.com, taking the www. for granted.
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I pronounce it out (3 syllables), but I try to avoid that by just naming the site; i.e. "wordsmith.org." I like the kiwi economy, though. 
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As a techie-type person, I would have gotten it as I've heard it bandied about, but it's not popularly used, i.e. my parents and non-techie friends wouldn't get it.
Here in Texas, it helps that W is only 2 syllables. The current US President is sometimes referred to humorously as Dubya. (^_^)
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Here in Texas, it helps that W is only 2 syllables. The current US President is sometimes referred to humorously as Dubya. (^_^)
Not only there in Texas. But lest this turn into a political thread, I bow out.
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I'm a New Zealander too, but I've only ever heard, "Dub-dub-dub", said on student radio stations. I've been out of the country for the last five years, though.
As for needing to be a "techie" to understand it, I disagree. I still remember the first time I heard it said on the radio. I said, "Oh, so that's how people are saying it now."
I mean "dub-dub-dub" followed by "name.com" ? I'd be worried for anyone who couldn't work that out.
I personally advocate: "triple-double-U", but it hasn't caught on.
I also think we should change the pronunciation of "W" to "double-V". Then WWW could be "sextuple-V" !
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I'm a New Zealander too, but I've only ever heard, "Dub-dub-dub", said on student radio stations. I've been out of the country for the last five years, though.
Yep, we deliberately waited until you left, then we snuck it in. 
It's now common on TV and radio, and pretty much standard among anyone I know under 30.
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I thought it was just a bFM thing. Oh welll. It makes sense. You save six-syllables worth of breath. Mr. Shaw would approve.
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When we speak the name for the symbol W we say double you or double u or double ewe, and I wonder what is the preferred spelling if, for some reason, you had to spell it out.
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This from duhb-yuh, duhb-yuh, duhb-yuh.Dictionary.com
W.w [duhb-uhl-yoo, -yoo; rapidly duhb-yuh]
1. the 23rd letter of the English alphabet, a semivowel.
Why is W the only multi syllable letter in the English alphabet?
Why? Why? Why?
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