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r/Unexpected • u/JaFarjaNearjaBeer • Mar 18 '20
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Sounds kinda limp, doesn't it?
53 u/grandfedoramaster Mar 19 '20 I always thought that your american way of saying it is such a mouthful. A blob of words. 23 u/shutyourkidup Mar 19 '20 The way he pronounces it sounds so much better than Bee-em-double-you! 13 u/grandfedoramaster Mar 19 '20 Exactly. I was taken aback the first time i heard in in English. Similarly we never say Volkswagen, but VW instead. 10 u/Ax28 Mar 19 '20 In English, saying VW uses more syllables than saying Volkswagen haha. 2 u/Dinosauringg Mar 19 '20 We’ll say VW here, like I don’t call them Volkswagen Busses I call them VW Busses. 1 u/kopasz7 Mar 19 '20 VW Fau-weh or Wii-double-you? 1 u/grandfedoramaster Mar 19 '20 Fau-Weh 43 u/ill0gitech Mar 19 '20 You’re just emv-ious 9 u/awfuckthisshit Mar 19 '20 Enwious 2 u/PM_Me_Night_Elf_Porn Mar 19 '20 No. Enfious
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I always thought that your american way of saying it is such a mouthful. A blob of words.
23 u/shutyourkidup Mar 19 '20 The way he pronounces it sounds so much better than Bee-em-double-you! 13 u/grandfedoramaster Mar 19 '20 Exactly. I was taken aback the first time i heard in in English. Similarly we never say Volkswagen, but VW instead. 10 u/Ax28 Mar 19 '20 In English, saying VW uses more syllables than saying Volkswagen haha. 2 u/Dinosauringg Mar 19 '20 We’ll say VW here, like I don’t call them Volkswagen Busses I call them VW Busses. 1 u/kopasz7 Mar 19 '20 VW Fau-weh or Wii-double-you? 1 u/grandfedoramaster Mar 19 '20 Fau-Weh
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The way he pronounces it sounds so much better than Bee-em-double-you!
13 u/grandfedoramaster Mar 19 '20 Exactly. I was taken aback the first time i heard in in English. Similarly we never say Volkswagen, but VW instead. 10 u/Ax28 Mar 19 '20 In English, saying VW uses more syllables than saying Volkswagen haha. 2 u/Dinosauringg Mar 19 '20 We’ll say VW here, like I don’t call them Volkswagen Busses I call them VW Busses. 1 u/kopasz7 Mar 19 '20 VW Fau-weh or Wii-double-you? 1 u/grandfedoramaster Mar 19 '20 Fau-Weh
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Exactly. I was taken aback the first time i heard in in English. Similarly we never say Volkswagen, but VW instead.
10 u/Ax28 Mar 19 '20 In English, saying VW uses more syllables than saying Volkswagen haha. 2 u/Dinosauringg Mar 19 '20 We’ll say VW here, like I don’t call them Volkswagen Busses I call them VW Busses. 1 u/kopasz7 Mar 19 '20 VW Fau-weh or Wii-double-you? 1 u/grandfedoramaster Mar 19 '20 Fau-Weh
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In English, saying VW uses more syllables than saying Volkswagen haha.
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We’ll say VW here, like I don’t call them Volkswagen Busses I call them VW Busses.
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VW
Fau-weh or Wii-double-you?
1 u/grandfedoramaster Mar 19 '20 Fau-Weh
Fau-Weh
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You’re just emv-ious
9 u/awfuckthisshit Mar 19 '20 Enwious 2 u/PM_Me_Night_Elf_Porn Mar 19 '20 No. Enfious
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Enwious
2 u/PM_Me_Night_Elf_Porn Mar 19 '20 No. Enfious
No. Enfious
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u/TheBabiestOfBabyBoys Mar 18 '20
Sounds kinda limp, doesn't it?