Allah to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • edit-29 days agowesterners, how do you pronounce the letter "w" do you say dablu or double you or just dub or double v?message-square96fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down112
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 to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • edit-29 days agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-square@tech_cake@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 days agoI’ve always wondered why it’s not double v, but I say double you
minus-square@MufinMcFlufin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-28 days 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-square@Aksamit@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink1•8 days 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’.