Allah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21年前westerners, how do you pronounce the letter "w" do you say dablu or double you or just dub or double v?message-squaremessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down111
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squarewesterners, how do you pronounce the letter "w" do you say dablu or double you or just dub or double v?Allah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21年前message-square81fedilink
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1年前Canadians here. It’s “double-you”, but if spoken quickly, it can become “dub-you”
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1年前Non native speaker, and both of those hold true for me as well. Unless I’m referencing a hostname with www in it; then I just say dub-dub-dub
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1年前I used to, until I realized Moxie Marlinspike doesn’t, so I stopped for easier pronounciation.
Canadians here.
It’s “double-you”, but if spoken quickly, it can become “dub-you”
Non native speaker, and both of those hold true for me as well. Unless I’m referencing a hostname with www in it; then I just say dub-dub-dub
I still stick the yous in there, haha
I used to, until I realized Moxie Marlinspike doesn’t, so I stopped for easier pronounciation.