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Looking at the name it sounds like he's French
It's a name he adopted while living in Paris, according to Greg Sestero.
The letter W is not very common in French.
Its a purposeful misspelling of "OUIseaux" which is bird en français
Then it's a purposeful mispronunciation as well, because it starts with a "wa" sound.
No like the
oidipthong makes the "wuh" like how a stoner slowly says "whuhhhht"No, it doesn't. French is my first language. The closest approximation of the word "oiseau" in English would be "wazo."
Im just saying
oican make the w sound. I don't think there's truly a conflict in what is being said.Itβs a misspelling of the French word for bird.