Cateran  +  166293 Mon, 05 Dec 05 04:09 AM I have heard two kinds of pronunciations for 'w'. The one is like 'double u'. The other is different from the one. Sorry, it's diffcult to describe the pronunciation for me. So I wonder if  there are two correct kinds of pronunciations for 'w'. Cateran Joined on Tue, Oct 18 2005 Junior Member 59 Pronunciation

	Clive  +  166299 Mon, 05 Dec 05 04:38 AM Hi, Well, people who make fun of George W. Bush say that his friends in Texas call him 'Dubya'. Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,301 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	rishonly  +  166326 Mon, 05 Dec 05 08:02 AM Hi Cateran. I think the letter 'w' has different form of pronounciations depending upon the word that uses 'W'.  For example, each of the following words with 'W' as first letter has different pronounciations. Wood,will,wild,who, wire,wet,what..etc.   rishonly Joined on Sat, Mar 5 2005 KUMBAKONAM,INDIA Contributing Member 1,782 Regards, Krishna

	nona the brit  +  166353 Mon, 05 Dec 05 09:12 AM The only one I can see that has a different pronounciation in this list is who (hoo). The others all have a standard 'w' sound. I can't think of any 'w' words that are pronounced differently, except in a very few cases of wh, where the 'w' is silent and it is pronounced 'h'. Cateran, Can you give us some examples of words you find pronounced differently? nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,743 The name says it all.

	Cateran  +  166395 Mon, 05 Dec 05 11:00 AM I want to know the pronounciation of 'w' when 'w' is an alone letter not in any words. The dictionary says it's pronounciation is /'d/\blju:/ I have heard that someone pronounced it as /'d/\bl/ /ju:/ ,but other people pronounced it as  /'d/\b/ /lju:/ . I don't know if you can understand what I said, but I hope. I did my best in describing the question.           Cateran

	pieanne  +  166421 Mon, 05 Dec 05 11:56 AM Yes, it' like when you recite the alphabet? Well, w is pronounced like a "double you". (double u) pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

	CalifJim  +  166580 Mon, 05 Dec 05 07:29 PM someone pronounced it as /'d/\bl/ /ju:/ ,but other people pronounced it as /'d/\b/ /lju:/ . Either is fine.  Most people I know use the first of the two. CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,128 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Phuongninhbao  +  166921 Tue, 06 Dec 05 03:51 PM I think you are very careful to pronounce this letter.It's very interesting for my students to pronounce //'d/\blju:/ the first time. They feel very melodious with this sound. They asked me to repeat more than ten times. You are not  familiar with the monosyllable language so you don't know how it is important to pronounce//'d/\blju:/  instead of /'d/\bl/ /ju:/  or'd/\b/ /lju:/ . Cateran has reasons  to say so.And another thing  W in What and  Wood is also a problem when we use  American English .   Phuong Ninnh /. Phuongninhbao Joined on Fri, Nov 11 2005 hcm city Full Member 134 phuongninh American English