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"Double-you-Double-you-Double-you" becomes "Dubuh-yoo-Dubuh-yoo-Dubuh-yoo", which I presume is because it is easier to say.
After very little thought and some taxing mental arithmetic, I propose a new way in which www should be pronounced - "hextuple-you"
www.webmasterwold.com - "hextuple-you-dot-webmasterworld-dot-com"
I'd be most interested in knowing of other ways in which this rather long phrase can be read without seeming wordy or losing clarity - and how the standard form is enunciated outside of the UK.
NObody says Worchestershire Sauce when Woostersher Soss gets the message across.
What made me think of that? Now I'm hungry for a steak. -Larry
Which may account for why "we" were slower on the uptake than many other countries with regard to the net especially when one considers that the "slash" wasn't specified ever as forward slash or backwards slash or even "anti-slash"..( I even heard "tray on deeagonarl" the "phonetic" way you would describe what the forward slash looks like in french )..
The germans have it the simplest "veh veh veh"
Anyway if your domain is set up correctly you dont need to tell anyone the www part they will get there just by typing in the domain name without out it ..:)
Might be even easyer for the dutch!
wee-wee-wee; that would be a tie with the germans.
But the germans lose at at with the dot: punkt
where the dutch say: punt (where the `u` is pronounced differently than the germans, but I don't know how to write that down).
:D
So, if you find your double-u to much work, just move overhere :)
On a side note, I have a few clients who want to trim the www. from their domains in advertising. I've explained the pros and cons of that to them.
Many marekting teams don't confer with their web team when they are putting together marketing materials. This is how a lot of people end up with links to example.com instead of www.example.com.
I've recently been playing close attention to news-readers and other persons when they have to distribute web-site addresses. Here in the UK I've yet to hear each syllable clearly.
Ever tried listening to news readers who read the news in Welsh? Sometimes they'll lapse into English and say "Dubbbble-ewe - dubbbble-ewe - dubbbble-ewe. If they pronounce the "w" the Welsh way, it comes out as "oooh-oooh-oooh" ;)
People are dropping the .com bit as well, at least for popular sites. Interestingly, people nearly always refer to Ebay as simply Ebay, while Google gets a 50/50 split for Google and Google.com
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..its not about politics, and doesn't need to go there
Just forget the www bit.
After re-reading this topic numerous times, I'll have to lean toward agreeing with DG on this. We've reached a point in terminology where the www. is no longer reqired. But, there are some pros and cons to this and it all comes down to inbound linking practices.
If you are going to advertise without the www, I would suggest you make a decision on how you wish to brand your domain. If going wwwless, be sure to set up a 301 permanent redirect from www.example.com to example.com. Or, if you have plans on utilizing the www (sub-domain of example.com), set up a 301 permanent redirect from example.com to www.example .com.
When in doubt, I always check what Google (or other authoritative resources) are doing. Right now, they (Google) have a 301 from google.com to www.google.com.
"web-dot-domainname-dot-com"
"hextuple-U" will confuse people, I've never heard that one before, and I had to stop for a moment to figure out that you mean 6xU = 3x2xU = 3xdouble-U = www
But now having heard it, it is a nice condensation of www for English-speaking people... down to four syllables from nine... but I'll stick with "triple-double-U" (5 syllables).
you could condense it even more by replacing "www" with a raspberry - a fart-emulating tongue extruded "bbbbbbbbbt!". I wonder if that would catch on?
Though not the same as that, I've heard "triple-dub" quite often, of which I'm pretty fond.
Triple-dub dot website dot com
It's too bad that "www" never came to be accepted as "web,"
We have a special server which uses update.mydomain.com - We were surprised how many surfers actually try www.update.mydomain.com ...
"hextuple-U" will confuse people
Not to mention it's a bit of a tongue twister in itself - what about "U6"?
That's only two easy syllables and I could get quite used to saying: u6-dot-mydomain-dotcom.
I remember the first ads giving URLs over the radio: H-t-t-p colon front slash front slash Doubleyou doubleyou doubleyou dot example dot com front slash H-5-N-1 tilde (then more than once) OH FORGET IT!"
On the other hand, the 4-letter dot com abbreviated (from 15) URL I paid bucks for has yet to gain wide appeal as a type-in... rats! People who need excessive hand-holding to get to a site usually need every bit as much once there!
