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Re:ISO name change for Türkiye by jfk13 on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @01:08PM (#32072889)
The Swedes get this "right", and call it [ˈdɵ̂bːɛlˌveː].

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_alphabet

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Re:ISO name change for Türkiye by kaetemi on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @07:39PM (#32077226)
In Dutch it's even more sane, the alphabet just goes V = vee, W = wee.
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Re:ISO name change for Türkiye by wanderingstan on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @03:32PM (#32074617)
Oh wow, didn’t know that!
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Re:ISO name change for Türkiye by samatman on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @04:39PM (#32075369)
French as well, although the elegance gained is quickly tarnished by calling y "Greek i".
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