On Sat, 11 Feb 2006, Justin Findlay wrote:
Because do you even know how much of a chore it is to say "If you need
to contact me, my web site is <breath, brief supplication heavenward
for correct elocution> double-U double-U double-U dot mydomain dot
US". (Outside for Stuart's sake. (Inside here because the
parentheses enclose the entire sentence.)) Besides, these days our
Roman alphabet 'W's don't look like double 'U's, so while we're
agreeing on the advocation and dissemination of new and good
communication conventions, I hereby declare that 'W' shall no longer
be known as double-U. The new pronunciation is now double-V. So let
it be written.
I think now is a good time to interject some Ambrose Bierce:
"W (double U) has, of all the letters in our alphabet, the only cumbrous
name, the names of the others being monosyllabic. This advantage of the
Roman alphabet over the Grecian is the more valued after audibly spelling
out some simple Greek word, like epixoriambikos. Still, it is now thought
by the learned that other agencies than the difference of the two
alphabets may have been concerned in the decline of "the glory that was
Greece" and the rise of "the grandeur that was Rome." There can be no
doubt, however, that by simplifying the name of W (calling it "wow," for
example) our civilization could be, if not promoted, at least better
endured."
~ Ross
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