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How do you pronounce pawb? Is the b silent? Is it a meme? (pawb.social)
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I've been wondering about this since I joined lol.

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[–] match@pawb.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

pawb is welsh for "everybody" and it's pronounced /pau̯b/

why, what did you think pawb meant?

[–] hare_ware@pawb.social 1 points 2 years ago

I thought it meant "paw" in the UwU dialect of English?

[–] Foxfire@pawb.social 1 points 2 years ago

Since it's just a silly corruption of paw / paws I personally always pronounce the 'b' sound in my head so it's distinct.

Pawbs!

[–] crashdoom@pawb.social 1 points 2 years ago

Personally, I pronounce it “POB” because W’s are hard :p

Though, I totally didn’t realize when I chose the domain that Pawb also meant “everybody” in Welch as @match@pawb.social mentioned, but I think it makes it all the better :3

[–] dressupgeekout@pawb.social 0 points 2 years ago

I've been saying "Paw bee" in my head

[–] Popsip@pawb.social 0 points 2 years ago

Was wondering the same thing. Mostly I've been pronouncing it with the b like how I would with the word 'knob' but occasionally I find myself saying it like 'paw bee'.