"www" is too awkward. i say "dubbadubbadub!" (or i skip it altogether).

regards,

Deborah Wisti-Peterson, PhD Candidate nyneve at u.washington.edu
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
Visit me on the web: http://students.washington.edu/~nyneve/
Love the creator? Then protect the creation.

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Chris Hill wrote:

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> > You can find Black Backed Three Toed Woodpeckers at Eagle Lake. We got
> > tired of saying that long name or writing it out every day so we'd
> > shorten it to:
> >
> > BB3TWP
> >
> > With our young fertile minds that eventually grew into:
> >
> > BB3TWPITTBTLINCWIPOTUS which means...
> >
> > Black-backed 3-Toed Woodpecker in the tree by the lake in northern
> > California which is part of the United States!
>
> kind of like saying "www" (nine syllables) to save the trouble of saying
> "world wide web" (three syllables)...
>
> Christopher E. Hill
> Department of Biology
> Coastal Carolina University Ph: 843.349.2567
> P.O. Box 261954 Fax:843.349.2201
> Conway, SC 29528 E: chill at coastal.edu
>
> Don't become an ornithologist if you can help it.
> But if you can't help it, go ahead.
>
> Frank Chapman
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