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[–] CulturedLout@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Sorgan71@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

They do in American English at least

edit: I realize now you're talking about its use within words, but a lot of us here assume that the meme is referring to saying each letter individually.

[–] Sorgan71@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah but thats the b in douBleyu

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Double U has a B in it which causes your lips to touch

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Same with dubya or dubyou.

[–] Sorgan71@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

But not in the W sound