Language expert Barry Popik studied the question and wrote about it on his Web site.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

His early work brought the Hypertext Markup Language, or HTML, used to create Web pages.

VOA: special.2010.11.08

Language expert Barry Popick says on his web site that Chicago was called a "windy city" because of the wind that blows off of Lake Michigan.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

Apple wants a new language for Web page design, called HTML 5.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

"If you're a poor shopkeeper living in a very impoverished part of Botswana and you're trying to feed your family, trying to buy and sell goods, trying to get medical services for your kids or your employees, and you speak a local language, there's nothing on today's Web that's going to help you,right?

VOA: special.2010.11.08

But Crystal believes that the impact of the worldwide web on language remains minimal.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

The U.N.-backed forum is building on a decision by the body responsible for domains, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, to allow Web site addresses in any language.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16