Re: Pronouncing "HTML" (was: Results of Poll by Email No. 8)

Christopher B Wright wrote:

> /dublej uvej/ (Castiliano) or /dublej uBej/ (Latinoamericano)
> is how you name "w".
It is either /doble"be/ ("doble-ve") or /doble"u/ ("doble-u") for me in
Colombian Spanish.  In Spain they say /ube"doble/ ("uve doble"), add
standard fricatization or aproximation of voiced stops.  Note than in
Spanish the /e/ is [e] withouth that diphthong [ej] phrasebooks suggest
by "ay".

I once heard in a comertial in Cable TV /doble"u doble"be ube"doble/ for
WWW.  I thought it was nice.  In the media they usually say
/tripledoble"u/ ("triple doble-u"), at least here in Colombia.

-- Carlos Th

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