I very strongly prefer dub, but no one I say it to gets it unless I explain it to them.
“Double U”.
Or if I’m saying it fast, as in “www.google.com”, it’s “dub-you”
Normal conversational speed: dubya
Enunciating: double you
Need to be unambiguous: whiskey
More like duba-you instead of dubya in normal conversation.
Tell me you are from the south without telling me you are from the south
What is a “westerner”?
Apparently people who speak English
The French, Polish, Dutch, etc. are now reclassified as Asians
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.
Double you
I am fancy, so I say double ewe.
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“I love sheep” ~ Richie Cunningham
Double yew.
Reilly: Dary, do you know how many dudes are jerking off to your girlfriend right now? Yew! Jonesy: Wait, I actually know the answer. Yew. Sixteen point one thousand. Yew!
ew
Doubleyou
In Irish it’s called wae.
Dubya
George Dubya
I’ve always wondered why it’s not double v, but I say double you
I looked into it once before, the short answer is because the letter predates the distinction between “u” and “v”.
Edit: Here’s a comment I made a while ago on the same topic with a little more information: https://lemmy.world/comment/10659648
In French, it is!
I think it’s because of how the letter is written in cursive that we call it ‘double u’.
Way to complicated, just say “we” with the w from way and the e from hell like we Germans do.
Another great example of our German efficiency! Warum zur Hölle soll das ein Doppel-V sein? Habt’s ihr alle Lack gesoffen?
Aber “fau” macht Sinn ja?
Ja, genauso wie Ypsilon
“ve”
When talking about the letter of the alphabet, I say “double u”
When that letter occurs in a word, it’s pronounced with pursed lips and full throated vowel sound like in “water”
I’m blue
How someone is pronouncing W is actually a good way to guess where the speaker is from, or where the person that taurht them learned english.
double you for british/american accents
dubba you for some american accents
Dablu or dabloo is a clear indication that the speaker is not a naitive western english speaker, usually indicating indian for the speaker.
double v (often pronounced as double we) usually points towards somewhere near germany/holland/belgium
I’ve never heard anyone say just dub, curious if anyone has?
Edit: I lied. W pronounced ‘dub’ is only ever used to indicate a ‘win’. e.g. ‘Took the dub’
Just dub-dub-dub for a url
Or in school names, like U Dub for University of Washington.
double v (often pronounced as double we) usually points towards somewhere near germany/holland/belgium
As a Dutchie, we pronounce W as “Weigh” or “Way”. No double nonsense.
People call Buffalo Wild Wings B-Dubs
