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There's something difficult about saying "hey go to mypornsite dot x-x-x", it's 3 syllables over the conventional "dot com", "dot net" or "dot org."

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Well, I think tripple X is probably the way most people will "say" it, if it's ever actually "said" - if you know what I mean.

When's the last time someone told you to go to a porn site in plain English, out loud, anywhere?

"triple X" has the same number of syllables as "x x x"

But it's easier to pronounce.

As noted elsewhere, lots of things are easier to pronounce than "w w w", even things with fewer syllables.

They haven't caught on either.

how about "xs", as in "I don't want to have dinner with all of my exes."

.porn?

It reminds me of the .mobi silliness. Why would a TLD, meant for the mobile devices, require one more keystroke, AND for the unfortunate people stuck using old phones with telephone keypads, require hitting 6 twice?

www has three times as many syllables as 'world wide web', yet somehow it caught on.

Just curious; how often have you heard dub-dub-dub for www?

I use that all the time, but the only other person I've heard say it is the person I picked the habit up from.

Back in the day, we used to say "triple-dub" for www-- but that never caught on with the mainstream users, and died out around 1995 or 6, I suppose.

In Polish, it's pronounced wuwuwu

On the other hand, the length + repetition also makes it more memorable than most TLDs.

"Go to mysite dot tripl'x" ?

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