Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20160721222431/@comment-25936766-20160819000919

Actually, the W can also be used as a stylish replacement for an U, the same way V can be used.

It's not a matter of phonetic pronounciation when the V and W are used in place of U, because the replacement is only at a visual, aesthetic level. V can be read as an stylishly-written U, and pronounced like an U in such case. W is the same, even if comparatively-less common.

You don't pronounce JNPR as "Jay-En-Pee-Er", do you? No, you pronounce it as Ju-Nee-Per. With RWBY, you pronounce it as Ru-bee, not Er-Double U-Bee-Yeih. You simply write the W instead of an U, but pronounce it the same way.