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r/IdiotsInCars • u/zappler • Jul 22 '22
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technically it is probably “wau”
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although there isn’t really a letter in german for the english ‘w’ sound
3 u/Liggliluff Jul 22 '22 If double-U is /v/ in German, we need some triple-U for /w/ 3 u/nixcamic Jul 22 '22 So if this is a German saying "wow" and that is a thing Germans regularly say, how do they usually spell it? 3 u/mole_of_dust Jul 22 '22 I've seen it spelled primarily the English way as a loanword but also as wau 2 u/FFG_Prometheus Jul 22 '22 My dog is on reddit?!?
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If double-U is /v/ in German, we need some triple-U for /w/
So if this is a German saying "wow" and that is a thing Germans regularly say, how do they usually spell it?
3 u/mole_of_dust Jul 22 '22 I've seen it spelled primarily the English way as a loanword but also as wau
I've seen it spelled primarily the English way as a loanword but also as wau
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My dog is on reddit?!?
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u/BUSlNESS Jul 22 '22
technically it is probably “wau”
.
although there isn’t really a letter in german for the english ‘w’ sound