JocelynNguyen
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- Jun 21, 2006
Hello everyone,
I got into a hilarious argument with my boyfriend a few weeks ago of how to pronounce the letter "W". Though I was born in Vietnam, I always believe that I speak perfect English since I grew up in the states. Anyway the other day he happended to say the letter "W" as "doub-LU". I told him that it is not correct (he's an international student) and it should be pronounced as "double-U", no exception. But he argued with me that in English, when pronouce, we can "connect" the last letter to pronouce it with the next word syllable. For example: such as ... we can pronouce this as "such-as" or "suchas". Therefore, he argued, why can't he "connect" when pronoucing "W" as "doub-lu"? I totally agree that he has a good point. But still, I have never heard anybody say "doub-lu", especially from my English professors! It just sounds so awkward. So to fight for what I believe is right, I told him that we don't "connect" when pronouncing the letters (without knowning it's true or not) heheh :lol: . Can anyone clarify this rule in native English speaking? And seriously ... we can only say "DOUBLE-U" right ;-) ????
Thanks a million ...
Jocelyn
I got into a hilarious argument with my boyfriend a few weeks ago of how to pronounce the letter "W". Though I was born in Vietnam, I always believe that I speak perfect English since I grew up in the states. Anyway the other day he happended to say the letter "W" as "doub-LU". I told him that it is not correct (he's an international student) and it should be pronounced as "double-U", no exception. But he argued with me that in English, when pronouce, we can "connect" the last letter to pronouce it with the next word syllable. For example: such as ... we can pronouce this as "such-as" or "suchas". Therefore, he argued, why can't he "connect" when pronoucing "W" as "doub-lu"? I totally agree that he has a good point. But still, I have never heard anybody say "doub-lu", especially from my English professors! It just sounds so awkward. So to fight for what I believe is right, I told him that we don't "connect" when pronouncing the letters (without knowning it's true or not) heheh :lol: . Can anyone clarify this rule in native English speaking? And seriously ... we can only say "DOUBLE-U" right ;-) ????
Thanks a million ...
Jocelyn