W shortened pronunciations, as many speakers find the phrase "double-u double-u double-u" inconveniently long. In other Germanic languages, including German (but not Dutch, in which it is pronounced wé), its name is similar to that of English V . In many languages, its name literally means "double v": Portuguese "duplo vê", Spanish "doble ve" (though it can be spelled "uve doble"), French "double vé", Icelandic "tvöfalt vaff", Czech "dvojité vé", Finnish "kaksois-vee", etc. Former U.S. president George W. Bush was given the nickname "Dubya" after the colloquial pronunciation of his middle initial in Texas, where he spent much of his childhood.
A Best of Us for the Rest of Us song ("Are You Sure This is Cool") saw its debut here, and it had been recorded in 2007, but was previously unavailable. Coincidentally, "A Best of Us..." was released mere months after "Skaboy JFK", another ska hits compilation by Reel Big Fish's former Jive Records labelmates and then-current Rock Ridge Music labelmates the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, which also featured several re-recordings of earlier songs due to the same conflict over master recordings. The album title is a reference to the "Seinfeld" episode "The Strike" in which Frank Costanza shouts "A Festivus for the rest of us!" July 20, 2010: The