The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIt feels wronglemmy.worldimagemessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1909arrow-down117
arrow-up1892arrow-down1imageIt feels wronglemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square151fedilink
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 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-up2·2 months agoBMW is a German company. Are you sure that’s not just people saying it in German?
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?