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minus-squareUnpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·9 days agoJFYI, w is a vowel in Welsh.
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·9 days agothat alone!!!
minus-squareLyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 days agoOnly the French (afaik, I’m not a polyglot) get it right, they call it ‘double V’
minus-squareAlmightyDoorman@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 days agoIn germany it is called W, pronounced [veː], non of that doubl bullshit, just it’s own letter.
minus-squarePart4@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoYeah the double bullshit ruins the alphabet. It’s much better to go … T U V VE X Y Z.
minus-squareTXL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoAnd Finnish. And probably many many more since that’s what it is.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoFor most of the history of the Latin alphabet, there was no distinction between U and V.
JFYI, w is a vowel in Welsh.
that alone!!!
It’s called double U.
Only the French (afaik, I’m not a polyglot) get it right, they call it ‘double V’
In germany it is called W, pronounced [veː], non of that doubl bullshit, just it’s own letter.
Yeah the double bullshit ruins the alphabet. It’s much better to go … T U V VE X Y Z.
Also Spanish
Just as in Hungarian, duplavé FTW
And Finnish. And probably many many more since that’s what it is.
For most of the history of the Latin alphabet, there was no distinction between U and V.
More like Double Eww amirite?