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[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (4 children)

If serious, it's because double-you, double-you, double-you (6 syllables) vs world-wide-web (3 syllables). A syllable sort of represents the amount of time it takes to say something.

So it takes twice as long to say www.

If not serious, yes, it's because your German. But then again, German humor isn't really that.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I wasn’t serious, but thanks for the explanation!
I’m sure it’s helpful for someone

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

(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)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 3 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hang on. Don't Germans say it "doobla-veh?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Nope, that would be the French 🥖

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yea, I was surprised a German wouldn't get it, with English borrowing so much from German.

But thanks for the chuckle!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

It's worse! 9 syllables!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Per other poster, dou-ble-you (I didn’t catch that myself)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Haha woah I had to sound it out

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Always gotta clap the syllables!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Look man English isn't a language it's a mistake