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Also, rather than saying “Google it” maybe we can now say “Duck it”.

I can't wait to start saying "Go Duck yourself", and have it meant to be a request / complement to search your own name.

"Let me duck that for you" might get a few doubletakes.

Let's start saying "duck off" to the ill-informed

duck.com will surely inspire the sick dolan[0] crowd

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed3-vC2z7hI

"ducking the issues" would finally be a good thing

Suggested title of blog post announcing change: "Duck Yeah!"

I rarely use the term "ducking" in conversation, though auto-correct thinks otherwise. Maybe now I will.

"I was ducking around and found a few good resources for fixing the OSPF problem."

Finally auto correct of "ducking" from the ruder alternative will make sense.

"I spent the day ducking around on the internet"

In Trinbagonian dialect, "ducking" is the act of skipping work/school.

See: https://youtu.be/2qunog47EVo for musical reference.

"Ducking" is also a term used in audio mixing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking

"Are you good at ducking mate? Let's party!"

"duck" is also used often in the context of not giving an answer (e.g. "duck the issue"), which is an unfortunate connotation for a search engine.

Also is in the UK - esp 'Duck Out' - to step out of a meeting or situation.

This is the best ducking thread on the internet today. Well done all.

If you use !bangs, its a duck hunt.

D and F are are a little too close for comfort on the 'ol qwerty.

I’m feeling ducky

I came here for this. Not disappointed.

The obvious auto-correct problems on iOS devices will be amazing for marketshare expansion.

Some might be partial to "I'd Duck that"

I just say "web search it." Same syllables as Google. Devoid of any brand preference.

Same syllables sure but there has to be a hard stop between the two syllables since b and s can’t be strung together.

The two words can be strung together just fine in English. Think of the word "rub", then "rubs", then "rubs search", then "rubsearch". The final 'b' in "web" is indeed pronounced differently when linked to the word "search".

For more discussion see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_change

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assimilation_(phonology)

Page 10 of http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/faculty/donegan/Papers/201Xhistph...

They can but it's more difficult on a muscle level. You have to change the position of your tongue quite a bit to alter the airflow transitioning from the bilabial plosive to the sibilant, versus "Google" where you can almost say the G-L transition without moving your mouth; just a very slight adjustment of your uvula and tongue can produce an understandable sound.

Try saying "web search" without moving your mouth. Now try saying "google" without moving your mouth.

It is not normal English for a "b" at the end of a word to get assimilated into the "s" at the start of the word.

(Note also that when you say "rubs", the "b" is not getting assimilated - it's the "s" that is getting assimilated into a voiced "z")

The best Ducking search engine available.

My phone's autocorrect would love this. :D

That's absolutely hilarious and I love it.

In casual conversation, "DeeDeeGee it" is so much more clunky.

In U.S. Navy and NATO jargon, "DDG" is the designator for guided-missile destroyers (warships) [0]. So you could say "destroy it" ....

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_missile_destroyer

Interesting! I had no idea.

I can how that would be abused, as in: go duck yourself

Edit: somebody beat me to it.

I’ll Duck Hunt it

Duuckle it!

Haha, yes!

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