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[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Is it really pronounced "dub"? I've never heard it spoken.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I internally say massive win but I do hear youtubers call it massive double u

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Ironic that pronouncing a single letter is more cumbersome than the full word.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

"Every single other letter is one syllable, can we just pronounce this one 'wuh'"?

"No, it must have THREE!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

English is indeed a funny language.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Germans: "Ridiculous! We will pronounce it like 'vay'".

"Well, that's a lot..."

"...AND 'Y' WILL BE 'OOPSILON'"!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lots of languages do upsilon, it comes from greek

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

They do, but it's silly when the vast majority of letters are pronounced with one syllable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Every single other letter

Noooo, you forgot "and z" has two /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I call it zed or zee both have one syllable ri8?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I always hear it as double u

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Yeah, unless it was a really important win, then you might say it out entirely to emphasize your utter dominance over them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Not exclusively, but sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Honestly don't think it's universal, but most of the time, yeah.