Allah to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • edit-25 months agowesterners, how do you pronounce the letter "w" do you say dablu or double you or just dub or double v?message-square51fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down19
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squarewesterners, how do you pronounce the letter "w" do you say dablu or double you or just dub or double v?Allah to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • edit-25 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-square@otp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink22•5 months agoCanadians here. It’s “double-you”, but if spoken quickly, it can become “dub-you”
minus-square@neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglish5•5 months agoNon 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-square@neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoI 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.