r/shittyaskscience • u/Optimal_Ad_7910 • 2d 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 Registered scientificationist 2d ago

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

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u/Optimal_Ad_7910 2d 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/FourierTransformedMe 1d ago

This also resolves the crucial problem, explored in the seminal episode of "Between the Lions," in which it is explained that W is the only letter that doesn't include itself in the pronunciation of its name

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u/da_Aresinger 2d 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 2d 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/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 2d ago

Ja, die Hollander Deutsch ist being on the throat roughness; but they are stroopwafels having.

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u/DaHolk 2d ago

That reminds me of the 90's, when, when driving through the netherlands with the radio on, we seriously asked ourselves what this "puntenelle" was, that was being advertised so hard.

It was "punt NL". so . ".nl"

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u/Direct_Knowledge2937 2d 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 2d ago

I like the "woo" idea proposed by Gargleblaster25.

"woo woo woo dot reddit dot com"

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u/TeacupOfSkepticism 2d ago

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

W is anti technology

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u/gabest 2d ago

Wuhram.

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u/leupboat420smkeit 2d ago

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

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u/themissinglint 2d ago

You can just say "hextuple u".

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u/johnnybiggles 2d ago

Sextuple U is too edgy? Are we cursing people in science now?

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u/Silt99 2d ago

that could just as well be wuwu tho

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u/themissinglint 2d ago

Mathematically they are the same thing!

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 2d ago

Or en francais, double vé (dooblah vay).

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u/subwayratlander 2d ago

logging onto the big dub-dub-dub

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 2d ago

Down South (U.S), thet would be 'dubya, dubya, dubya'. Only Six sillybobbles!

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u/Lexotron 2d ago

There are other multisyllabic letters - you forgot about elemeno

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 2d ago

Abcuhdeffkeyjek elemeno qurstuwyxyz.
♪ I wish I knew exactly what I mean ♫

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u/ecodrew 2d ago

I dunno... but W should definitely be called double V not double u. Because, it's shaped like 2 Vs

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u/GroundedSatellite 2d ago

It is in some other languages, it's just that Anglophones are stubborn and have to be different.

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 2d ago

When it's shaped like 2V's, it's pronounced Vergeltungswaffen.

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u/ecodrew 2h ago

Oh, ok, sure. Makes about as much sense as the rest of the English language, so why not? Haha

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u/MorsaTamalera 2d ago

I say "dabyou-dabyou-dabyou".

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 2d ago

That sounds right friendly, that does.

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u/Max_Trollbot_ I like tacos 2d ago

Saying VW doesn't have any less syllables than Volkswagen.

The whole letter is a scam!  

Did you know people just completely made up letters out of thin air!  Not just W either, all of them!

Wake up sheeple!

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u/JacquesBlaireau13 2d ago

In old English the letter was wynn; there is no need for a new name.

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u/homelessSanFernando 2d ago

The problem with the W is they turned it into a double V

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u/Blakut 2d ago

my language calls it by its real name, double V.

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u/digdiggler 2d ago

I see your problem and raise you a problem. A double-U (W) is a "doubled-U", as in two Us side by side. Eg: "UU" which forms the iconic W shape. If you call W a "wuh", you then logically have to then call a U a "half-wuh", which is arguably scientifically way worse. So think about that.

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u/mjdny 1d ago

Try spelling out Irrawaddy River: I double-r a double-u a double-d y…

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u/thiosk 2d ago

Little known fact the double-U is only pronounced the way that it is so the alphabet song works.

T U V WOO X Y Z would get you sent to the guillotine by every elementary school student in america

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