Pronunciation of「ww」(笑い)


In Japanese internet slang, you see people use「ww」to mean something like
"lol". I was curious how this would be pronounced if read aloud. In English, I
hear people say either /ɛl oʊ ɛl/ or /lɑl/ for "lol". Is there a semi-standard
way to pronounce the Japanese equivalent?

[Another answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/143/what-is-the-
meaning-of-all-those-ws-in-email-and-snss) indicates that the w's stand for
「笑い」. Would the pronunciation then be something like【わらいわらい】or would it be
something like【ダブリューダブリュー】?




This is usually not intended to be read aloud, but the most prevailing
"reading" is not わらう but **わら**. For example, `ww` is わらわら.

  * [笑うを意味する「ｗｗｗ」をなんて読んでる？ 「ｗは読まずに前の文を笑いながら」「わらわらわら」](http://getnews.jp/archives/554813)

You can mainly hear this pronunciation on live streaming sites such as ニコニコ生放送
where hosts often configure screen readers to read visitors' comments aloud.

I have read somewhere that /lɑl/ is sometimes actually used in conversations
between young English speakers (I don't know if that's true), but わら is not
usable in ordinary conversations. If you did it, that would sound extremely
nerdy.




This is usually not intended to be read aloud, but the most prevailing
"reading" is not わらう but **わら**. For example, `ww` is わらわら.

  * [笑うを意味する「ｗｗｗ」をなんて読んでる？ 「ｗは読まずに前の文を笑いながら」「わらわらわら」](http://getnews.jp/archives/554813)

You can mainly hear this pronunciation on live streaming sites such as ニコニコ生放送
where hosts often configure screen readers to read visitors' comments aloud.

I have read somewhere that /lɑl/ is sometimes actually used in conversations
between young English speakers (I don't know if that's true), but わら is not
usable in ordinary conversations. If you did it, that would sound extremely
nerdy.

