Allah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agowesterners, how do you pronounce the letter "w" do you say dablu or double you or just dub or double v?message-squaremessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down111
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squarewesterners, how do you pronounce the letter "w" do you say dablu or double you or just dub or double v?Allah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squaretech_cake@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 hours agoI’ve always wondered why it’s not double v, but I say double you
minus-squareMufinMcFlufin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 hours agoI looked into it once before, the short answer is because the letter predates the distinction between “u” and “v”. Edit: Here’s a comment I made a while ago on the same topic with a little more information: https://lemmy.world/comment/10659648
minus-squareAksamit@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoI think it’s because of how the letter is written in cursive that we call it ‘double u’.
I’ve always wondered why it’s not double v, but I say double you
I looked into it once before, the short answer is because the letter predates the distinction between “u” and “v”.
Edit: Here’s a comment I made a while ago on the same topic with a little more information: https://lemmy.world/comment/10659648
In French, it is!
I think it’s because of how the letter is written in cursive that we call it ‘double u’.