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Maybe because they were based in Switzerland, and did not say double-you?



That's an interesting take.

However, Tim Berners-Lee is English (born in London), and the CERN is located in Genève, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. In French, 'w' is pronounced "double-vé" (quick & dirty phonetic translation would be "doobleh-vay" in English). Neither English nor French really make pronouncing "www" easy.

I tried to find out how 'w' is pronounced in German, but I didn't have much luck. Does anybody knows?


I happen to be German: `We' in German and `Vae' may be an approximate English rendering.




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