praise_the_hankypank
praise_the_hankypank t1_j6w1a9b wrote
Reply to comment by OfficialWireGrind in [OC] Number of English Words by Length in Letters and Syllables by OfficialWireGrind
No one blinked at the pronunciation of W here? Is this acceptable in the US? Regards the rest of the world
praise_the_hankypank t1_j6wmsx2 wrote
Reply to comment by waterside48 in [OC] Number of English Words by Length in Letters and Syllables by OfficialWireGrind
Read what you just wrote again.
The rest of the world pronounces it out fully as in ‘dou-bel-you’. As you say, it’s literally a double U not dub-uh-you lol.
Some countries also say dou-bel-vee.