The Letter "W"
I work with a bunch of "web geeks" (a term they refer to themselves as). I've noticed that when they are discussing web addresses they begin with "www...." Makes since, right?
Only, here's the deal (and I am on board with them), none of them say it "Double U, Double U, Double U". Why would they? That's a lot of syllables and they have a lot of work to do. Instead, they save time by saying "Dub, Dub, Dub" (sometimes they only say "dub" once).
That made me think. What would it take to officially change the pronunciation of the letter "W" from "Double U" to "Dub"?
The only real disadvantage I see to making the change, is that it would screw you up when you sing your ABCs...go ahead and try it...it's hard...are you trying? Get your friends to try...it'll be funny.
I bet Elmo agrees!
3 comments:
Here, they call us "Net Heads"...
Oh, what is the letter we love... what sound are we extra fond of? Its not any trouble, you know its a double-u when you hear dub dub dub... That's ernie and bert that sing that...
I totally remember that tune, now it's gonna be stuck in my head all day.
The other problem with "W" is that is is the only letter that doesn't even vaguely incorporate the sound it makes in the name. Think about that, every other letter can be accused of using itself in it's name, except "W"
I've really been digging your blog. But when I ran across this post it made me laugh out loud. I live with this letter abbreviation everyday. It's funny.
Signed,
B-Dub (BW)
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