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What is your least favourite acronym?
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W does that in acronyms. Compare syllables in World Wide Web…
"Dubya" is one syllable, maybe two depending on your particular accent
Edit: Unfortunately I was extremely stoned at the time of this message and that should have been "[...] two syllables, maybe one depending [...]" but I'm leaving it up as evidence of my dumbshittery since it spawned discussion. Don't do drugs kids
In what accent is "dub-ya" one syllable?
Some parts of texas
Anything more than "dub" will be 2+ syllables.
The b is silent and the vowels ran together
So "duh"?
I've heard some folks where it comes out more akin to "dubby"
Dub-by is still 2 syllables
At work we often say "dub dub dub".