Re: typesetters' ethics--> [ ] lore

From: Henrik Theiling
Message: 5671
Date: 2005-08-31

Hi!

"Mark E. Shoulson" <mark@...> writes:
> 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".
> >
> >
> 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.

In German, it's [ve:ve:'ve:].

**Henrik

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