How do you pronounce WiFi? For example in Estonian we say smt like “Viffy” – i.e we pronounce it according to Estonian.

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Do you pronounce it like in English – “wai·fai”? Or do you follow your own languages’ rules?

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  1. Internal-Debt1870 Avatar

    Like in English, but with a much stronger starting consonant (gamma). Γουάι φάι.

  2. lucapal1 Avatar

    More or less like English, maybe a bit more ‘spread out’…. like Waaii Faaii 😉

  3. whymetakan Avatar

    eesti mainitud

  4. Marem-Bzh Avatar

    In France we pronounce it wiffi/weefee 🙂

  5. jan04pl Avatar

    In Polish something like “Vee-Fee”.

  6. Priapous Avatar

    English pronunciation sometimes with a more german W sound. But in everyday conversation the term WiFi isn’t used much. People usually say W-lan with a german pronunciation.

  7. Pikachuzita Avatar

    Wi-Fi, just like in english.

  8. ProfTydrim Avatar

    We usually call it WLAN [ˈveːlaːn], but when we use the term WiFi, it is the English pronunciation.

  9. vakantiehuisopwielen Avatar

    Like Weefee. Or we just say ‘draadloos internet’.

    Some people may use waifai, but i barely meet those

  10. utsuriga Avatar

    Same here in Hungary, it’s pronounced “vifi”. (Although I’ve met some pretentious folks who use the English pronunciation.)

  11. GaylordThomas2161 Avatar

    in Italy we say Wi-Fi normally, but some idiots pronounce it WEEFEE

  12. Relative_Dimensions Avatar

    Vee-lan (WLAN) in Germany

  13. hwyl1066 Avatar

    Mostly vifi in Finland, very short vowels. Sometimes veelan. Long e there.

  14. gnomulus Avatar

    As in english, but some also pronounce it as weefee or veefee.

  15. Creeper4wwMann Avatar

    in my native language: “weefee”. In english: “waifai”

  16. CiderDrinker2 Avatar

    ‘Why-Fye’

    (Both syllables rhyme with ‘high’ / ‘hi’)

  17. LifeAcanthopterygii6 Avatar

    Same as you guys. I think that while generally speaking our languages aren’t as close as many might think, the accents does have lots of similarities. This is according to my very limited research though.

  18. Spirited-Ad-9746 Avatar

    in finland we pronounce it “wifi”

  19. Malthesse Avatar

    We pronounce it the English way – “wai fai”.

  20. Penki- Avatar

    Vifajus or if you read that with the English phonetical pronunciation vifayus