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title: "Double-u double-u double-u"
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published_at: "2015-03-14T23:51:18+00:00"
author: "Stefan Grund"
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  - "sprache"
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# Double-u double-u double-u

> The World Wide Web is the only thing I know of whose shortened form takes three times longer to say than what it’s short for.

– **Douglas Adams**. Schönes, mir bis zu [WMR #92](http://wir.muessenreden.de/2015/02/24/wmr92-dabdabdabdabdab/) unbekanntes Adams-Zitat. Der [Wikipedia-Artikel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_of_%22www%22) offenbart, wie sich WWW in anderen Sprachen anhört.