It’s quicker to write/type the abbreviation, so syllables don’t matter. Most common example of more syllables in the abbreviation than the words themselves is “WWW” (9 syllables) for “World Wide Web” (3 syllables). Quicker to type but longer to speak.
While we’re at it, I never understood why the convention for domain name wasn’t left to right tld, domain, subdomain. Most significant on left is how we do almost everything else, including numbers and ISO 8601 dates.
It’s quicker to write/type the abbreviation, so syllables don’t matter. Most common example of more syllables in the abbreviation than the words themselves is “WWW” (9 syllables) for “World Wide Web” (3 syllables). Quicker to type but longer to speak.
…i never understood why the convention didn’t become web.domain.tld for exactly that reason…
While we’re at it, I never understood why the convention for domain name wasn’t left to right tld, domain, subdomain. Most significant on left is how we do almost everything else, including numbers and ISO 8601 dates.
Because we must pay homage to mister World Wide himself, Pitbull, as we browse the internet.
Joke’s on him, I’m putting my website at 305.domain.tld.
I saw Stephen Fry suggest once that it be pronounced “Wuh Wuh Wuh” which I kind of like :-)
Dub dub dub.
Gee ess dub dub sounds like a burger joint menu item.
Yep. I think this his the answer. Hadn’t thought of it being abbreviated as written, then spoken as the written shorthand.