EPTHow did Richard become Dick? - Page 3
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Navane
Netherlands2738 Posts
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kemoryan
Spain1506 Posts
On August 04 2008 23:48 Navane wrote: in many hispanic languages the b and w are somewhat the same sound, or even exchanged. Hence the bill / will. The only difference between the b and w sound is that the b is 'closed' Well, actually I don't think the 'w' even exists in hispanic abecedary such as spanish (officially it is but there are no words which use it except for the ones with foreign origin). But you're right, it's said as 'v' (or 'b'). I this comes from a germanic characteristic, where 'w' is pronounced as 'v'. For instance, VolksWagen is pronounced 'volksvagen' and not 'volkswagen'. | ||
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Konni
Germany3044 Posts
w is always pronouned like the english w in what v is pronounced either like f (in female) or w so volkswagen is pronounced folkswagen | ||
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brian
United States9610 Posts
v is pronounced like F W is definitinely pronounced like V "was", pronounced, is pronounced like "vas" in english. also with "ich will" or "ja wohl" they are the traditional sounds of "v" in the english language. | ||
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SoMuchBetter
Australia10606 Posts
On August 04 2008 20:04 Energies wrote: Aussie nicknames get lazy. Darren/Darryl/Daniel -> Daz And you end up with names like. Baz/Bazza, Azza, Graz/Grazza in the end nobody knows what their name actually is | ||
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