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    When we have '...' at the end of our series, in reading we pronounce it 'bubble bubble' or something else?
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    Default Re: bubble bubble etc

    Quote Originally Posted by atabitaraf View Post
    When we have '...' at the end of our series, in reading we pronounce it 'bubble bubble' or something else?
    No. As far as I know we don't have any particular way of reading out such dots. If appropriate, we might say 'etcetera' or 'and so on'.
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