dub dub dub
Well I thought I was going to invent this, but it turns out [and in retrospect OBVIOUSLY] that dub dub dub is already being used to refer to www. Instead of asking for a url or the http or the link or the web address or web addy I was going to suggest we all just start saying dub dub dub or dubdubdub. "What's the dubdubdub?" I just thought it would be fun, and also it's part of my long term goal to reduce the letter 'w' (spoken as double 'u' and en français double 'v' [those are my only alphabets]) to a single syllable. Double-you? It doesn't have to be so long people! I mean SURE the name specifically explains how to contruct the letter, but that's only because we know what a 'u' looks like but 'u' doesn't explain how to draw ITself, so double-u is already relying on a pre-established knowledge of the alphabet. I motion that we refer to 'w' as dub. There, now ALL the letters are only one syllable instead of 25 at 1 and 1 at an unwieldly 3. Now we can freely use 'w' in initials and acronyms without defeating the purpose of abbreviating. I solve things, its what I do. You're welcome. Don't mourn for 'double-u' it wasn't even just 2 syllables, it was 3; more than double every other letter, 200% more, it was madness - I feel so much better now that we're all using dub. Sure, the alphabet song will never be the same but that could use an update anyway, perhaps some autotune/vocodering. Eventually, we won't even be saying dubdubdub for internet addesses, we can just say dubdub, or dubdubdubdub to be funny. A few years from now we'll just simply be saying 'What's the dub?' and with any luck it will fall into popular parlance and it will start replacing phrases like "What's up?", "What's the deal?" and "What's your name?" with "What's the dub?" Then we can use dub instead of questions, "Dub the dub?" "Dub dub dub." "Dub next dub?" "Dub! Dub dub dub." The future looks doubleplusdub. Ideally, you read this post outloud and found out how fun it is to say 'dub'; it's also fun to spell! As long as you keep it lowercase it's not a true palindrome but it does hold its shape in a mirror.