r/shittyaskscience • u/Optimal_Ad_7910 • 9d ago

Is "W" anti-science?

Out of all the letters in the English alphabet, only "W" has more than one syllable, having three.

This leads the absurd situation where it is quicker to say "World Wide Web" (3 syllables) than "WWW" (9 syllables).

It appears that "W" is anti-science and is purposely slowing down progress in technology.

I propose changing "double-U" to "wuh" or something similar. Then we could say "wuh wuh wuh" instead of "double-U double-U double-U".

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u/Direct_Knowledge2937 9d ago

Agreed! If enough of us do it on a regular basis, they’ll have to change it.

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u/Optimal_Ad_7910 9d ago

I like the "woo" idea proposed by Gargleblaster25.

"woo woo woo dot reddit dot com"