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cryptoz
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XXX TLD Officially Open
www has
three times
as many syllables as 'world wide web', yet somehow it caught on.
michael_dorfman
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Back in the day, we used to say "triple-dub" for www-- but that never caught on with the mainstream users, and died out around 1995 or 6, I suppose.
xtacy
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Just curious; how often have you heard dub-dub-dub for www?
markng
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I use that all the time, but the only other person I've heard say it is the person I picked the habit up from.
FreeFull
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In Polish, it's pronounced wuwuwu
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