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I very strongly prefer dub, but no one I say it to gets it unless I explain it to them.

“Double U”.

Normal conversational speed: dubya

Enunciating: double you

Need to be unambiguous: whiskey

What is a "westerner"?

Double you

Canadians here.

It's "double-you", but if spoken quickly, it can become "dub-you"

I am fancy, so I say double ewe.

Doubleyou

I've always wondered why it's not double v, but I say double you

In Irish it's called wae.

Dubya

Way to complicated, just say "we" with the w from way and the e from hell like we Germans do.

When talking about the letter of the alphabet, I say "double u"

When that letter occurs in a word, it's pronounced with pursed lips and full throated vowel sound like in "water"

I'm blue

"Dubble-you"

Not saying where I'm from.

I heard a guy call it a "we" and I liked that. Such as:
"ay-we-ee" (A-W-E)

How someone is pronouncing W is actually a good way to guess where the speaker is from, or where the person that taurht them learned english.

double you for british/american accents

dubba you for some american accents

Dablu or dabloo is a clear indication that the speaker is not a naitive western english speaker, usually indicating indian for the speaker.

double v (often pronounced as double we) usually points towards somewhere near germany/holland/belgium

I've never heard anyone say just dub, curious if anyone has?

Edit: I lied. W pronounced 'dub' is only ever used to indicate a 'win'. e.g. 'Took the dub'

Kansan here. It's pronounced "double-you," but my mouth tends to skip past the L so it sounds more like "dub-you" or "dub-yə"

in english: double you in german: ve (german e, idk how to tell it to someone only knowing english)

There's also "dubyuh" that's fairly common. Hell, we had a president that pronounced it that way.

In Swedish the letter w is called "dubbel v", apart from when spelling URLs, then we just say something like "ve, ve, ve, punkt, de, änn, punkt, äss, e" if we wanted to say the URL "www.dn.se".

Way

Double you.

Double V (pronounced double vé, so it’s double you in English).

www is "double vé double vé double vé" in France, but often said "vévévé" in Switzerland. I believe that’s coming from the German speaking part of the country and adapted to French language.

It probably depends on the accent, but we say "Double U".

Double you

I'm American, fwiw. Formally I say "double you," informally I say "dub."

I'm a silly lil guy so I pronounce it "Wubble Wu" for fun.