The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agoIt feels wronglemmy.worldimagemessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1507arrow-down113
arrow-up1494arrow-down1imageIt feels wronglemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square146fedilink
minus-squareSuckMyWang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months agoIt 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
minus-squarepaperemail@links.rockslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-25 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)_/¯
minus-squareHowManyNimons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoHang on. Don’t Germans say it “doobla-veh?”
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
(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)_/¯Hang on. Don’t Germans say it “doobla-veh?”
Nope, that would be the French 🥖