How come online sometimes people say "@" in stead of "at"?

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Not in e-mails, just in general conversation. It takes JUST AS MUCH TYPING AS THE WORD "AT" CMON PEOPLE GET IN THE GAME

― David Allen (David Allen), Friday, 1 April 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

wh@t?

― Huk-L, Friday, 1 April 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

wh@ever (DAMN YOU, HUK)

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 1 April 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

looks cool, yo.

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 1 April 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

(yrs is cooler, jaymc)

― Huk-L, Friday, 1 April 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

How come online sometimes people say "in stead" rather than "instead"?

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 1 April 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

they put the key there, might as well use it.

― ()ops (()()ps), Friday, 1 April 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

how come online sometimes people spell THE "TEH"?

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 1 April 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

Microserfs to thread, obv.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 1 April 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

band names in online speak:

r@@@

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111!!!!!!!11

― a banana (alanbanana), Friday, 1 April 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

How come people say www as 'double-u, double-u, double-u', instead of saying world wide web? It has twice as many syllables.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 1 April 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

Or PIN number?

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 1 April 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

'double-u, double-u, double-u'

something has to be done about that.

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 1 April 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

just make like Chubb Rock and eliminate one of the w's:

"Mario Puzo said I'm the Don/
w, w, i'm the shit dot com"

― ()ops (()()ps), Friday, 1 April 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

How come people say www as 'double-u, double-u, double-u', instead of saying world wide web? It has twice as many syllables.

Er, nine divided by three equals three, not two.

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 1 April 2005 22:07 (twenty years ago)

I R innumerate

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 1 April 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

Well, "Dubya Dubya Dubya" works, I guess.

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 1 April 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

"How come people say www as 'double-u, double-u, double-u', instead of saying world wide web? It has twice as many syllables. "

THRICE as many, actually.

― o.e.d., Friday, 1 April 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

Uh, yeah. Jim just did the numbers on that one for me, but thanks. Or are you just taking advantage of an opportunity to say 'thrice'? If that's the case, I fully agree.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 1 April 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

"world wide web dot..." sounds all wrong though. can we pronounce it as wahwahwah?

― Slump Man (Slump Man), Friday, 1 April 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

"dub dub dub"?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 1 April 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

I'm going to just start saying 'wooble'.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 1 April 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

I say dub dub dub sometimes. Then I feel silly. I usually just drop it altogether, its not like it matters these days.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 1 April 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

that's true, the double-yous are just assumed.

― Slump Man (Slump Man), Friday, 1 April 2005 23:33 (twenty years ago)

It's wuhwuhwuh, I think.

― Markelby (Mark C), Saturday, 2 April 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

How come people say www as 'double-u, double-u, double-u', instead of saying world wide web? It has twice as many syllables.

Because you type in the letters, not "world wide web".

― webber (webber), Sunday, 3 April 2005 00:53 (twenty years ago)

unless you are talking about people who refer to the internet as www, in which case you know some complete retards.

― webber (webber), Sunday, 3 April 2005 00:54 (twenty years ago)

Why even say the www part? You don't need it, surely?

― Girolamo Savonarola, Sunday, 3 April 2005 01:00 (twenty years ago)

don'tcallmeshirley.com

― amon (eman), Sunday, 3 April 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)

I think we need more bad joke-speech where people "ironically" say things like "www.loser.com" about people as putdowns. like "and i was all like doubleyou doubleyou doubleyou dot.... l-oser... dot com."

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Sunday, 3 April 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

seventeen years pass...

cos FUCK U that's why

― fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 02:46 (three years ago)

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