Allah to Ask Lemmy • edit-21 day agowesterners, how do you pronounce the letter "w" do you say dablu or double you or just dub or double v?message-square86arrow-up162arrow-down110
arrow-up152arrow-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 • edit-21 day agomessage-square86
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•23 hours agoCanadians here. It’s “double-you”, but if spoken quickly, it can become “dub-you”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•21 hours 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 hours 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.