Wednesday, November 19, 2008
One Word or Two?
H elp me out: web site or website? Or: Web site or Website?
This morning I was reading while the Element was having its oil changed and its rear differential freshly gooped, and I found a few variations of web site, Website, etc. I'm inclined to prefer "web site"--two words and lower case. What about you?
Posted by
dmueller at November 19, 2008 9:25 PM
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I like . No particular rationale involved, just my druthers. =)
Posted by: Brian McNely at November 19, 2008 10:33 PMI like Web site. I think it should be two words, but I like Web as a proper noun with a cap to distinguish it from something more generic, like a spider web.
Posted by: Chris Geyer at November 20, 2008 6:34 AMI like "web site" too.
Posted by: Clancy at November 20, 2008 7:56 AMI always use "web site" and then "the Web"...but I have absolutely no idea why.
Posted by: Jim at November 20, 2008 8:17 AMOops! Didn't think the comments were html tag-enabled. I voted for 'website'! Just like the page tag above...
Posted by: Brian McNely at November 20, 2008 11:17 AMI like website. Odd, since I prefer web log.
Posted by: Blake Hargis at November 20, 2008 2:07 PMI prefer "website." no rationale here either.
Posted by: Michael Faris at November 21, 2008 3:16 PMIf forced to come up with rationale, I suppose it would come down to handling "web site" the same way I would handle "web page." And I know that one of the most hotly contested issues of our time is whether or not to capitalize wWeb and iInternet. The real reason I prefer the lower case because I don't like to bother with pressing the shift key on my keyboard any more than is absolutely necessary. Plus, what's proper about the internet?
Posted by: Derek at November 22, 2008 12:09 PM