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minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoC W M B R? I mean come on! Even the Welsh are like THAT NEEDS 22 OTHER LETTERS IN IT BEFORE THE ONLY VOWEL !!!
minus-squareUnpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months agoJFYI, w is a vowel in Welsh.
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·2 months agothat alone!!!
minus-squareLyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoOnly the French (afaik, I’m not a polyglot) get it right, they call it ‘double V’
minus-squareAlmightyDoorman@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoIn germany it is called W, pronounced [veː], non of that doubl bullshit, just it’s own letter.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoJust as in Hungarian, duplavé FTW
minus-squareTXL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAnd Finnish. And probably many many more since that’s what it is.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoFor most of the history of the Latin alphabet, there was no distinction between U and V.
minus-squarenocturne@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoMore like Double Eww amirite?
C W M B R? I mean come on! Even the Welsh are like THAT NEEDS 22 OTHER LETTERS IN IT BEFORE THE ONLY VOWEL !!!
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.
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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?