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What common abbrevation contains more syllables than the words it is abbreviating?

Question #70845. Asked by Czolgolz.

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lanfranco
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WWW, which contains more syllables than "World Wide Web":


link http://www.answers.com/topic/w-2

Sep 18 2006, 6:48 PM
Czolgolz
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bingo! As mentioned by Douglas Adams in his final book 'Salmon of a Doubt.'

Sep 18 2006, 7:51 PM
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Yes. Worldwide Web has three syllables while www has nine.

Sep 19 2006, 1:07 AM
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Depending on the pronunciation, w may have fewer syllables. I remember the airline TWA used to call themselves TeeDubWay in their welcome announcements, although what part of that was the w I'm not sure.
And isn't George's middle name Dubya?

Sep 19 2006, 2:30 AM
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Depends on where you're from, or what you think of him.

As far as TWA is concerned, I started flying that airline alone at the age of 13, and I can't recall that the flight attendants used fewer than four syllables. Again, that depended on the their regional origins.

Sep 19 2006, 5:01 PM
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They use GSW on 'CSI' all the time, instead of just saying "gun shot wound."

Sep 19 2006, 5:53 PM
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