The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 4 months agoIt feels wronglemmy.worldimagemessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up11.07K
arrow-up11.07KimageIt feels wronglemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square176fedilink
minus-squarehelloyanis@jlai.lulinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up13·4 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-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 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-up6·4 months agoBMW is a German company. Are you sure that’s not just people saying it in German?
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThe French using a foreign language? Ha! Joke aside no, and I’m a native French speaker living in a French speaking region.
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI always hear “triple double-V” in Quebec French.
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!
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.
I always hear “triple double-V” in Quebec French.