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Comment by ben509

Replacing the 'ol' suffix in 'googol' brings 'google' much closer to common English phonetics. These could all be pronounced the same but would have been a harder sell:

* gugal -- like frugal

* gugle -- like bugle

* ghougle -- like ghoul

* googull -- like gull

parent ben509 7 years ago

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