Monday, October 26, 2009

URL doesn't rhyme with girl

My good friend, who will remain unnamed, has reminded me how silly it sounds when people pronounce URL so that it rhymes with girl.
URL, stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is an acronym, and is pronounced: YOU ARE ELL. ;)


2 comments:

  1. Ah but language is fluid and I think it's going to be hard to turn this train around. Think "Personalized URLs". I've *never* heard anyone say "Personalized YOU ARE ELLS".

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  2. Since language is fluid, I propose to act as a reef around which the language must flow. Which might create a water hazard, and result in shipwrecks. But I doubt it will cause any train wrecks. ;)

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