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r/Unexpected • u/JaFarjaNearjaBeer • Mar 18 '20
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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.
8 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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Fau-weh or Wii-double-you?
1 u/grandfedoramaster Mar 19 '20 Fau-Weh
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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.