• el_abuelo@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      It doesn’t depend on locality as much as it does on advertising.

      In the UK its either pronounced “wawhey” or “that Chinese company” depending on speaker.

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        1 year ago

        Exactly. There’s a massive difference between “wawhey” and “Hua Wai”. I was shocked when i first heard that it was supposed to be pronounced the first way