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this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2024
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Both. The letter 'O' and the number zero look similar, and it's half the syllables making it easier when reading out a string of numbers. Like how saying "World wide web" is less syllables to pronounce than "www".
And in the trend of languages adapting to usage, saying "www" seems to have dropped off once browsers started automatically inserting it and making it the default prefix if another isn't used. Not that it isn't used, just far less.
I usually pronounce www as "dub dub dub" if it is absolutely necessary to be spoken.
If that puts me on anyone's "to be punched" list, so be it.