The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoYour day can't continue until you confirm it yourselfstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down129
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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·11 months agoThey’re probably pronouncing it as “Double-U”…
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoas a phoneme, it’s a bilabial approximant - meaning the lips form the sound by moving close but not touching and then parting again compare to the palatal approixmant /y/ formed by the root of the tongue performing a similar action with the soft palate.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agojust like in “We” You don’t pronounce “we” as “double ue” do you?
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-211 months agowell it only touches at the B sound and we already had B so…
They’re probably pronouncing it as “Double-U”…
How else is it pronounced?
as a phoneme, it’s a bilabial approximant - meaning the lips form the sound by moving close but not touching and then parting again
compare to the palatal approixmant /y/ formed by the root of the tongue performing a similar action with the soft palate.
just like in “We”
You don’t pronounce “we” as “double ue” do you?
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well it only touches at the B sound and we already had B so…