I've always wondered why it's not double v, but I say double you
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There's also "dubyuh" that's fairly common. Hell, we had a president that pronounced it that way.
I heard a guy call it a "we" and I liked that. Such as:
"ay-we-ee" (A-W-E)
In Portuguese: "dáblio" (which sounds almost exactly like a fastly-spoken "double you"), except that the "dou" is more like an "daah" (the "da" sound from "Ada" or "Adamant").
In English, I try to exactly pronounce it as "double you".
In my Carolina drawl it comes out as "dubbayew."
Dubba you
I speak spanish so for me is “doble u”
I'm blue
Double-you, dubya, or just dubs.
"double you" formally or "doubleya" informally.
"Dubba-you" is my informal; "dubbya" if I'm throwing an exaggerated southern accent
Duh be you
Germans, being efficient, just call it "veh"
W, pronounced as in a couple of lesbian sheep.
Sometimes I'll say "dub you" informally.
dvojni v
dabulu