"WSOP" and "World Series of Poker"

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.

[illini43]

ok?

[shaniac]

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

The illusion of brevity.

[henrikrh]

Why is shorter better? Are you rushing headlong to your appointment with your tombstone?

Who cares?

[benkahuna]

It's the lazy pe;ple that are the most efficient.

We can learn a lot from watching how a lazy person would do things.

[BarronVangorToth]

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We can learn a lot from watching how a lazy person would do things.

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NOT to equate being lazy with having one leg, but Dave Atell has a joke about only asking directions from one-legged men, as you know they know the most efficient way of getting from Point A to Point B.

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[Lou]

WHat about "double u double u double u" vs. "world wide web" 9 syllables instead of 3. (BTW, I know some folks you say "dub dub dub"

[BeatOnRiver]

maybe because typing world series of poker takes a lot longer than typing wsop but saying wsop takes less than a second longer than saying world series of poker.

[shish]

I've never heard anyone say each letter in WSOP. If someone did, I would laugh at them.

[GeniusToad]

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I've never heard anyone say each letter in WSOP. If someone did, I would laugh at them.

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What do they usually say? WSO, WS, W? I think MOST of the time I hear it spoken, its all four letters. Please don't laugh at me.