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NL888 Posted 18 years ago
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why not yourtube?

There is one of best known websites called . I reckon that youtube means your video, bccause tube refers to Television. So youtube is yourtube.
But youtube sounds better that yourtube.
Am I on the right track?
  

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I think so, NL888, but there's no knowing what Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen actually had in mind.

  • I think so, NL888, but there's no knowing what Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen actually had in mind.
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I think so, NL888, but there's no knowing what Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen actually had in mind.
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I was not trying to find an answer from a mind reader. Yours is probably not best, but I am satisfied.Emotion: smile
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I'm sure it's the similarity of vowel sounds in "you" and "tube." Also, the word "you" has an immediacy and directness that "your" lacks.
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In addition, to win general popularity is, in today's cyberspace, better than to win the heart of scholars. That is why Bill Gates wanted to drop out.of Harvard.

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