pronouncing abbreviations (poll)

[cellio]

The discussion in my previous entry has made me curious, so... poll time!

[Poll #727470]

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[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

Also note that the abbreviation, if pronounced, is longer than the thing it abbreviates.

World Wide Web = 3 syllables.
DoubleUDoubleUDoubleU = 9 syllables

So, on rare occasions, I say "WorldWideWeb.livejournal.com".

(That's COM not c-o-m.)

[cellio]

Apropos of nothing...

World Wide Web = 3 syllables.

Would you accept 3.5? "World" is one of those words that seems to have a sort of half-syllable; try as I might I can't I can't make it come out smoothly as one. (I get approximately "wor-ld", with just the tiniest vowel sound before the "l".)

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

I, you see, have no accent. :-)

And I do it one simple syllable. :-) (I de-emphasize the r.)