wason@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoNever change Lemmylemmy.worldimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1613arrow-down116file-text
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minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoIs it really pronounced “dub”? I’ve never heard it spoken.
minus-squarelustyargonian@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoI internally say massive win but I do hear youtubers call it massive double u
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-21 year agoIronic that pronouncing a single letter is more cumbersome than the full word.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 year ago“Every single other letter is one syllable, can we just pronounce this one ‘wuh’”? “No, it must have THREE!”
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoGermans: “Ridiculous! We will pronounce it like ‘vay’”. “Well, that’s a lot…” “…AND ‘Y’ WILL BE ‘OOPSILON’”! ಠ_ಠ
minus-squarekase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago Every single other letter Noooo, you forgot “and z” has two /s
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI call it zed or zee both have one syllable ri8?
minus-squareprayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYeah, unless it was a really important win, then you might say it out entirely to emphasize your utter dominance over them.
minus-squarewheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHonestly don’t think it’s universal, but most of the time, yeah.
Is it really pronounced “dub”? I’ve never heard it spoken.
I internally say massive win but I do hear youtubers call it massive double u
Ironic that pronouncing a single letter is more cumbersome than the full word.
u v DOUBLE U x y z
“Every single other letter is one syllable, can we just pronounce this one ‘wuh’”?
“No, it must have THREE!”
English is indeed a funny language.
Germans: “Ridiculous! We will pronounce it like ‘vay’”.
“Well, that’s a lot…”
“…AND ‘Y’ WILL BE ‘OOPSILON’”!
ಠ_ಠ
TIL!
Noooo, you forgot “and z” has two /s
I call it zed or zee both have one syllable ri8?
Yeah, unless it was a really important win, then you might say it out entirely to emphasize your utter dominance over them.
Not exclusively, but sometimes.
Duh-b
Honestly don’t think it’s universal, but most of the time, yeah.