On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 16:25 -0700, 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".
By using incorrect punctuation, you have failed to realize the full
advantage of my suggestion. Ask yourself, which is more reasonable:
"double-U double-U double-U dot mydomain dot US"?
or
"double-U double-U double-U dot mydomain dot US?"
On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 16:30 -0700, Ross Werner wrote:
> "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."
A few years ago I encountered some people who pronounced www.example.com
as "dub dub dub dot example dot com". The meme seems to have died, but I
propose we resurrect it by pronouncing "w" as "dub".
(You have to admit that ending the last two sentences "dot com." or
"dub." would have just looked stupid.)
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