The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agoIt feels wronglemmy.worldimagemessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down122
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1imageIt feels wronglemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square175fedilink
minus-squarehelloyanis@jlai.lulinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up13·5 months 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-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI always hear “triple double-V” in Quebec French.
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months 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.
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoBMW is a German company. Are you sure that’s not just people saying it in German?
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThe French using a foreign language? Ha! Joke aside no, and I’m a native French speaker living in a French speaking region.
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!
I always hear “triple double-V” in Quebec French.
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.
BMW is a German company. Are you sure that’s not just people saying it in German?
The French using a foreign language? Ha!
Joke aside no, and I’m a native French speaker living in a French speaking region.