Nicholas Bodley wrote:

>(Relative trivia: How do people read "www" aloud, a) in English, and b) in
>other languages? I once heard a Public TV financial consultant call it
>"triple-dub".
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>

I maintain that the correct pronunciation should be "wubba wubba
wubba." It's a crummy prefix, though; that's why I prefer "web." as
the prefix for web-hosting names. But that's a lost battle.

>I suggest "hot-tip-triple-dub" for "http://www", but most often, it's safe
>to assume an [http://] prefix.)
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>

That would be clever if people weren't prone to being completely
confused; the http:// prefix is poorly enough understood and known anyway.

~mark