-stuff snipped from Larry..._
 
>> > Another conversational quirk is "www".  Talk about the web, and you have to
>> > say "double-you double-you double-you" countless times.  For me, that runs
>> > right up there with "rubber baby buggy bumpers" as tongue-twisters go.  If
>> > any gibberish acronym ever needed a phonetic "handle", this one does!
>Jeff, how about "wa-wa"?  This keeps the thought of the baby buggy, but
>is a little easier than "double-you double-you double-you" (Not only is
>it hard to say, it's difficult to type).
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Obviously, Larry doesn't have much to offer on the pronunciation aids for
"WWW".  This is because, being from Texas, he doesn't really ever attempt
"double-you double-you double-you".  The closest I can get to
transliterating what Texans do is "dubba-yuh dubba-yuh dubba-yuh".  As
phonetically challenged as that may sound, it is far and away the easiest
pronunciation. So, if this stands to reason, are all the people we hear
called "Bubba" actually named "Bubble"??  :-)
 
Bill Lancaster
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>Larry Boyd    <[log in to unmask]>
>"Talk is cheap because supply is high and demand is low."
>  - Someone who knows what they're talking about
>(BTW, these opinions are my own and not those of HP's.)
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