r/shittyaskscience • u/Optimal_Ad_7910 • 6d 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/Gargleblaster25 6d ago

I propose "woo". Woo is definitely pro-science and will accelerate the scientification process.

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u/Optimal_Ad_7910 6d ago

I like your idea. When I say "woo woo woo" in my head it sounds high-pitched like a siren. Meetings would be much more enjoyable if people were making siren sounds.

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u/da_Aresinger 6d ago

Learn German and enjoy the luxury of just saying 'veh'.

"veh veh veh reddit poonct com slash perfectlyreasonableaskscience"

It only comes at the cost of saying everything else more verbosely.

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u/Optimal_Ad_7910 6d ago

We could compromise and go with Dutch. It's a bit easier to learn but you have those bronchial-mulch sounds to contend with.

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u/Direct_Knowledge2937 6d 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 6d ago

I like the "woo" idea proposed by Gargleblaster25.

"woo woo woo dot reddit dot com"

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u/TeacupOfSkepticism 6d ago

W is not anti-science, especially not science involving tungsten.

W is anti technology

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u/subwayratlander 6d ago

logging onto the big dub-dub-dub

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u/leupboat420smkeit 6d ago

That’s why you should say “double-u double-double-u” for WWW

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u/themissinglint 6d ago

You can just say "hextuple u".

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