Re: \"WSOP\" and \"World Series of Poker\"
 

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Same thing with "George Washington Bridge" which people sometimes say "Gee Double-U-Bee."

The illusion of brevity.

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Well, GWB does save your tongue some work.

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Whenever I see, 'WSOP', I always pronounce it in my head as "Wa-Sop".

Re: \"WSOP\" and \"World Series of Poker\"
 

The letter "W" should be banned, or at least renamed so that it could be pronounced using only one syllable. I suggest it should be pronounced "wu" not "double u". Once this has been accomplished, 40% could be saved from the pronouncement of "George W. Bush" and 33.3% could be saved from the pronouncement of "WSOP". More importantly, all speeches, news reports, audio books, and lectures all over the world would all be shorter.

Re: \"WSOP\" and \"World Series of Poker\"
 

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I could understand why people would rather write "WSOP" instead of "World Series of Poker". The former is much more convenient.

What I can't understand is why people would rather say "Double You ES Oh Pee" instead of saying "World Series of Poker". There are six syllables for each but saying "World Series of Poker" is much clearer and unambiguous.

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for the love of god, please go back to full contact poker forum.

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Whenever I see, 'WSOP', I always pronounce it in my head as "Wa-Sop".

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My fiance actually says this out loud, pretty much everytime it comes on TV. I think she thinks its pretty damn hillarious, but she's so cute saying it, that I think its pretty damn hillarious too.

--Zetack

Re: \"WSOP\" and \"World Series of Poker\"
 

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Same thing with "George Washington Bridge" which people sometimes say "Gee Double-U-Bee."

The illusion of brevity.

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I don't know anyone who says "Gee Double-U-Bee."

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I just call it the "G-Dub". Much shorter, fo shizzle.

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Kinda like how I just say "fo shiz."

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I got it.

World SOP? Eh? Best of both worlds.

Re: \"WSOP\" and \"World Series of Poker\"
 

is it really that important?