How do I say "WWI" out loud?
I know it's written WWI, but when I am speaking should I say "World War One" or "World War First" or "First World War"?
Solution 1:
I've always heard people referring to it either as "World War One" or "the first World War". I guess the second is slightly more "formal".
Solution 2:
Looking for what the Corpus of Contemporary American reports, I get the following data.
Solution 3:
World War II is almost always said "World War Two", so by convention, World War I follows: "World War One".
As an interesting aside, Wikipedia notes:
The terms World War I and First World War both became standard (in the United States and Britain respectively) beginning in about 1940 to 1942; prior to that, it was most commonly called The Great War.