# Why is it called Weird Earl's?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-weird-earls/314024>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 25, 2005, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-weird-earls/314024 "2005-07-25T08:23:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-weird-earls/314024/1 "2005-07-25T08:23:37Z")

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I feel that this is probably answered somewhere obvious, and that it must have been answered many times before, but strangely enough I can’t find the answer. I also know that there is an argument this should be in ATMB but it isn’t about the board.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-weird-earls/314024/2 "2005-07-25T08:58:26Z")

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I think at one point some people pronounced URL (i.e. ‘web address’) as ‘Earl’. I can’t say I’ve ever heard it used in person though.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-weird-earls/314024/3 "2005-07-25T09:50:42Z")

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It’s a double pun, one on Weird Al (Yankovic) and one on URL, which some pronounce as a word: Url = Earl