The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIt feels wronglemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square83linkfedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down16
arrow-up1196arrow-down1external-linkIt feels wronglemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square83linkfedilink
minus-squarehelloyanis@jlai.lulinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up5·1 year agoHere in france, everyone says “3w”. Pronouncing it entirely sounds like “Double V, double V, double V” so “3w” sounds like “Trois double V”, which funnily enough, is still longer than world wide web!
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBut in French “W” is often abbreviated to “V”. Like BMW --> Beh Ehm Veh (often shortened even further to “Beh Ehm”). So WWW would be “veh veh veh”. In any case “World Wide Web” is quite the mouthful for the average French speaker.
Here in france, everyone says “3w”. Pronouncing it entirely sounds like “Double V, double V, double V” so “3w” sounds like “Trois double V”, which funnily enough, is still longer than world wide web!
But in French “W” is often abbreviated to “V”. Like BMW --> Beh Ehm Veh (often shortened even further to “Beh Ehm”).
So WWW would be “veh veh veh”.
In any case “World Wide Web” is quite the mouthful for the average French speaker.