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Re: Bad Choices
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Sat, 15 Jul 2000 11:35:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Mark Sandlin writes:
> Hehe. Once I was speaking to someone about a URL, and instead of
> saying "double-you double-you double-you" or "triple dub" she said
> "wuh-wuh-wuh."
Heh, I hear that all the time... the dutch pronounciation of 'w' sounds
like 'way' so www.lugnet.com is in dutch 'way-way-way-puhnt-lugnet-puhnt-kom'
Some dutchies forget that the english 'w' sounds like 'double-you' and
automatically give an english accent to the 'way'.
-Frank
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| Hehe. Once I was speaking to someone about a URL, and instead of saying "double-you double-you double-you" or "triple dub" she said "wuh-wuh-wuh." ~Mark (...) around (...) "web" to (...) on "web" (...) dot org (...) double-yoo (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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