In Dutch we pronounce it like "way". It's much shorter than double U.
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But we make up for that with griekse y, korte ei and lange ij! All pronounced [ɛi], similar to 'eye'.
That's true! I'm honestly not sure why we need to have both ei and ij. Must be difficult for people learning the language.
It is also for those who grew up with the language. If I have no spellcheck, I sometimes just have to write it both ways and see which way feels 'right'.
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In my Carolina drawl it comes out as "dubbayew."
In portuguese, we say "dáblio" (dah-bli-u)
Dubba you
dabulu
"double you" formally or "doubleya" informally.
"Dubba-you" is my informal; "dubbya" if I'm throwing an exaggerated southern accent
I pronounce ‘M’ but upside down.
Because we say ‘double ewe’ and ‘dooblay vee’ and I find it unconscionable that we Canadians are forced to speak based on what font we are speaking in.
"Dibby dubs"
dubbuhlyou
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".
I speak spanish so for me is “doble u”
W, pronounced as in a couple of lesbian sheep.
Germans, being efficient, just call it "veh"
Double-you, dubya, or just dubs.
Duh be you
Vee
dvojni v
Sometimes I'll say "dub you" informally.