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Sat 19 Oct, 2013 08:52 pm
I used to pronounce it "double u" or "dub u"(at a fast speed). But today a guy just told me I was wrong.. It should be pronounced as "dub lju" or "dub liu"(don't know how to write that sound...)
is that true???
@98future,
I pronounce it as double ewe, people with other accents may pronounce it differently, especially if they are from a country where english is not the mother tongue. George Bush pronounced it Dubbya.
@98future,
I have the letter as the start of my surname and pronounce it Dubba-ewe.
As Ceili indicates, there are different pronunciations depending where you are.
@98future,
98future wrote:I used to pronounce it "double u"
Correct, because that is what it is - a double letter U.
Quote:But today a guy just told me I was wrong..
You can ignore him.
@contrex,
Strictly speaking, it's a double V . . . but at the time the letter was named, there was no distinction between a U and a V.
@Ceili,
Quote: from a country where english is not the mother tongue. George Bush
Ha! See what I did there?
"Double-you" here. A three-syllable sound, with the emphasis on the first syllable.
@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:
Strictly speaking, it's a double V . . . but at the time the letter was named, there was no distinction between a U and a V.
Indeed. I realised that after the period for editing was over when I recalled that in French you say "double vé" and in Spanish either "doble ve" or "uve doble".
@contrex,
In old-high-German, 'w' was maily written "uu", but sometimes "vv" (and
uv,
vu) as well) .
@OmSigDAVID,
OmSigDAVID wrote:View shud be spelled: vu.
No it shouldn't. Shut up already with your damn nonsense.
@contrex,
I ignore your rude foolishness.
David
Don't you mean "yor rood fulishnes"?
@98future,
/'dʌblju:/
Click the following link and hear the standard sound of w:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio.php?file=w0000002&word=w&text=%5C%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%88%3C%2FSPAN%3Ed%C9%99-b%C9%99l-(%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%8C%3C%2FSPAN%3E)y%C3%BC%2C%20%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%88%3C%2FSPAN%3Ed%C9%99-b%C9%99-%3B%20%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%88%3C%2FSPAN%3Ed%C9%99b-(%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%8C%3C%2FSPAN%3E)y%C3%BC%2C%20-y%C9%99%3B%20%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%88%3C%2FSPAN%3Ed%C9%99b-y%C4%93%5C
@Ceili,
Quote:George Bush pronounced it Dubbya.
Thank you Ceili, you've made my entire day of not forthcoming week
@dalehileman,
dalehileman wrote:
Quote:George Bush pronounced it Dubbya.
Thank you Ceili, you've made my entire day of not forthcoming week
In England that's been his nickname since at least 2000, except we spell it Dubya.
@contrex,
contrex wrote:
dalehileman wrote:
Quote:George Bush pronounced it Dubbya.
Thank you Ceili, you've made my entire day of not forthcoming week
In England that's been his nickname since at least 2000, except we spell it Dubya.
There is
no justification
for changing the spelling of
W.
David
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