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Posted September 27, 2010
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PoSSeSSeDCoW: I think it's because often the context of saying WWW is when reciting a web address in which case saying "World Wide Web" would be somewhat deceptive, as entering it doesn't work. I say "dub dub dub" myself, as it's much faster.
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Wishbone: Damn, I forgot the sarcmark. People took that seriously :-/
Of course the abbreviation is for URLs, but as you say, it makes it cumbersome to say a URL aloud.
Thank god in german it's just "we-we-we" with the "e" spelled like the first e in "exercise"... :D

Poor english and french people and all others who call "w" "double-u" or "double-v". Why don't just give it an own name? ;)
Posted September 27, 2010
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LordCinnamon: I think you're wrong there. I don't know how you pronounce `gog', but I hardly need to move my tongue at all
I don't move my tongue much either when I say "gog". Read my post. I do open my mouth a lot more than when I pronounce each letter though. Read my post.

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LordCinnamon: Also, there's no such real rule for the pronunciation of abbreviations in language (though some stuffy bunch living in an isolated language fantasy world might have decided there is), nor is pronouncing GOG as `gog' and internet phenomenon. People have always been faced with pronouncing abbreviations (and unknown words) since writing was invented, and almost always choose the pronunciation that is most natural given their phonological system and lexicon.
I disagree. Abbreviations may not have been invented with the internet, but you'll find very few of them in texts in Old English or Middle English. In fact, I've never seen one - an abbreviation that is - I've seen enough texts in older forms of English that you'd think I'd be reluctant to start talking about them with random strangers on the internet in my spare time.

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LordCinnamon: And `gee ooh gee' sounds completely retarded.
Thanks for getting personal there. It really boosted the friendly nature of the discussion.
Posted September 27, 2010
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LordCinnamon: I think you're wrong there. I don't know how you pronounce `gog', but I hardly need to move my tongue at all
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Aignur: I don't move my tongue much either when I say "gog". Read my post. I do open my mouth a lot more than when I pronounce each letter though. Read my post.
I read your post. But changing the position of the tongue in the front-back dimension is generally more of a restriction on pronunciation then how far you need to open your mouth.
EDIT: the i-o movement in `gee ooh' is problematic. Because it is an abbreviation every `letter' is pronounced with word stress, so the i-o movement can't be made smoothly, in contrast to words like, say `cleo'.
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LordCinnamon: Also, there's no such real rule for the pronunciation of abbreviations in language (though some stuffy bunch living in an isolated language fantasy world might have decided there is), nor is pronouncing GOG as `gog' and internet phenomenon. People have always been faced with pronouncing abbreviations (and unknown words) since writing was invented, and almost always choose the pronunciation that is most natural given their phonological system and lexicon.
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Aignur: I disagree. Abbreviations may not have been invented with the internet, but you'll find very few of them in texts in Old English or Middle English. In fact, I've never seen one - an abbreviation that is - I've seen enough texts in older forms of English that you'd think I'd be reluctant to start talking about them with random strangers on the internet in my spare time.
Really? I thought those old roman texts, especially those part of every day life (i.e. not high literature) where full of them. They put them on buildings! But anyway, you're not engaging me on a relevant point here. What goes for abbreviations also holds for unknown words and abbreviations are pre-internet. That a specific subset of texts from a certain age do not contain abbreviations is not relevant for the point I was trying to make, nor does it support your point that it is an internet phenomenon.
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LordCinnamon: And `gee ooh gee' sounds completely retarded.
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Aignur: Thanks for getting personal there. It really boosted the friendly nature of the discussion.
Ho, relax there :) it was a joke, which was a reference to that exact same statement you made, only with `gog' instead of `gee ooh gee'.
Post edited September 27, 2010 by LordCinnamon
Posted September 27, 2010
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LordCinnamon: And `gee ooh gee' sounds completely retarded.
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Aignur: Thanks for getting personal there. It really boosted the friendly nature of the discussion.
Uhm, hello? Fellow countryman? Fej lige for din egen dør, gider du makker?
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Aignur: EDIT: Oh and "gog" sounds completely retarded.
Posted September 27, 2010
Like Gog the mythical whatchamacalit.
Posted September 27, 2010
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Summit: Maybe it's something with us Poles. I always pronounce it Gee-oh-gee.
Really?
I never thought about saying it that way untill I heard Marcin.
Post edited September 27, 2010 by SLP2000
Posted September 27, 2010
Rhymes with "cog". And the people here are goglodytes, or possibly goggers.
Post edited September 27, 2010 by Miaghstir
Posted September 27, 2010
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Summit: Maybe it's something with us Poles. I always pronounce it Gee-oh-gee.
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SLP2000: Really?
I never thought about saying it that way untill I heard Marcin.
I suppose this pronounciation may come from site's address. If somebody asked me for it i wold say Gee-oh-gee.com.
I heard few folks here pronouncing it that way.
Posted September 27, 2010
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Jager: "gee-oh-gee" sounds so unnatural in any Slavic language.
Which is EXACTLY why I prefer it ^^. The more English in my life, the better, I say...
Posted September 27, 2010
Maybe we could pronounce it as 'Go Gee' xD
Posted September 27, 2010
Becaue I live in Poland I pronounce GoG just "gog".

Sorry for the unpleasant comparison, but is sounds like "cock" but with harder going consonants.

"Gee, oh gee" is my personal favourite from that thread, but it comes this way only while talking with english-speaking people (for example, met on game chat) :)
Posted September 27, 2010
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Sephirath: Sorry for the unpleasant comparison, but is sounds like "cock" but with harder going consonants.
We enjoy the level of sophistication you brought to this thread :D
Posted September 27, 2010
Gog like god or dog.
Posted September 27, 2010
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Posted September 27, 2010
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Aliasalpha: Only real advantage to pronouncing it GEE OH GEE is that you can sing it to the tune of ACDC's TNT
I legit lol-ed at this.
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