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Re:Why use www? by pling on Sunday June 29, 2014 @01:09PM (#7961696)
That's why, at least in the UK, we use "dub dub dub".
Re:Why use www? by deathanatos on Monday June 30, 2014 @02:54AM (#7964019)
From the US, and I also use "dub dub dub" (picked it up from my networking professor…), I've also used "hup-ta" to refer to "http://". ("hup-tis" is https://) It sounds ridiculous, but it flows a lot better than "ache tee tee pee colon slash slash".

(my co-workers understand this, and I think it's growing on a few. One still resists.)

Re:Why use www? by ademarre on Sunday June 29, 2014 @02:06PM (#7961878)
Around my workplace we say "dub dub dub", or I do, at least. I think originally I picked it up from a Matt Cutts video on the Google Webmaster Central YouTube channel.
Re:Why use www? by vacri on Sunday June 29, 2014 @07:50PM (#7962970)
I go for "wuh wuh wuh" myself. "dub dub dub" reminds me of scouts, even though I never was one...
Re:Why use www? by notduncansmith on Monday June 30, 2014 @07:48AM (#7964564)
We use "dub dub dub" at work, though typically not when speaking the full name of the url. That may sound weird, so here's an example exchange:

"Go to foobar.com"

"It's not working"

"Try with dub dub dub"

As an aside, it's so painful to listen to radio commercials from advertising agencies that thought it was a good idea to include "www" in the script. "Just go to double-yew double-yew double-yew..."

Re:Why use www? by grkvlt on Sunday June 29, 2014 @01:23PM (#7961736)
Do we? The most common time-saving pronunciation I have heard simply uses the initial 'w' sounds from the three words, and therefore has three syllables.
Re:Why use www? by pling on Sunday June 29, 2014 @01:31PM (#7961764)
I've heard that but primarily with inexperienced users.
Re:Why use www? by grkvlt on Sunday June 29, 2014 @01:44PM (#7961801)
I just looked at the Wikipedia page for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_of_%22www%22 and have never seen so much unsourced drivel in my life. For the record, I have been pronouncing it the way I described in the GP comment for the last twenty plus years, so that's some sort of data point.
Re:Why use www? by pling on Sunday June 29, 2014 @04:49PM (#7962346)
Well its Wikipedia. What do you expect. And as for me, it's purely an anecdote. I think it depends on where you are and who you know.

Citation needed.

Re:Why use www? by jamespharaoh on Sunday June 29, 2014 @01:52PM (#7961826)
err, no we don't, sorry!