[W is] also the only letter whose name doesn’t include the sound it makes. What about H?
In that case, W pronounced "double ewe" does include the sound it makes.
'W' Considered Harmful
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#12Nobody else says "dub dub dub"?
I'm going to start saying "World Wide Web"
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#13Nobody else says "dub dub dub"?
I've always Stephen Fry's solution: "wuh wuh wuh", or simply say the whole thing, "world wide web". 3 syllables either way.
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#14WHAT! this isnt about Bush!??? but but but.... everyone knows he was harmful!
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#15Nobody else says "dub dub dub"?
I've been enjoying a meme I've spotted on pirate radio of all places: "all the doubleyous"
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#16Nobody else says "dub dub dub"?
'Sextuple-Yu'.
Just kidding... I usually say 'dub dub dub', except to very novice audiences.
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#17In rapid speech I find that 'W' is said less like 'dub ull yew' and more like 'dub uhya', and the 'uhya' is so compressed it's hardly like two distinct syllables. But that might be my Texas showing.
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#18[W is] also the only letter whose name doesn’t include the sound it makes. What about H?
G isn't its most common sound. Neither is Q. U's pronunciation doesn't make much sense, except that its long vowel sound is the same as the letter's. Also, I'm proud to be an American because we pronounce Z "zee" instead of "zed," which makes no sense whatsoever.
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#19Nobody else says "dub dub dub"?
I prefer wub wub wub. Actually, I prefer removing it from URLs :-)
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#20I found W's multisyllabic name annoying enough that I began calling it "way". That includes the sound it makes, and it rhymes with A, J, and K.