The subject line of today's email newsletter from Techrepublic asks "How do you pronounce URL?" The body goes on to say '[a user] asks: "Is it common practice to pronounce URL as 'Earl,' or is it more common for people to spell it out as U-R-L when they talk about a URL?" Find out what TechRepublic members say about pronouncing URL, SQL, and more...'
They really must have been scraping the bottom of their idea barrel when they sent this one out. What a waste of space in my inbox! C'mon, TechRepublic, I really don't care how your editors pronounce "URL", I don't care what your readers think on the question, and I'm willing to bet that most other readers don't really care either. You can do better than that.
Comments (2)
February 2, 2008
07:44AM | #
Hi Tom - This was simply an attempt at some tongue-in-cheek humor to lighten up the atmosphere and keep techies from taking themselves too seriously. So lighten up! Just kidding. :-) Seriously though, we appreciate the feedback. Regards, Jason Hiner
February 4, 2008
10:36AM | #
@Jason, I definitely like TechRepublic, or else I wouldn't subscribe-- usually you guys have such good topics that I was a little suprised by this one. I guess I missed the humor! ;)