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Sharlinyesterday at 7:05 PM2 repliesview on HN

Not to mention "www", which when pronounced is actually three times longer than its expansion.


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layer8yesterday at 8:00 PM

You could shorten it to “sextuple u”.

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sheeptyesterday at 7:49 PM

For a native speaker in casual speech, it'll only be at most a bit slower than its expansion because English is stress-timed