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minus-squareLyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoOnly the French (afaik, I’m not a polyglot) get it right, they call it ‘double V’
minus-squareAlmightyDoorman@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoIn germany it is called W, pronounced [veː], non of that doubl bullshit, just it’s own letter.
minus-squarePart4@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYeah the double bullshit ruins the alphabet. It’s much better to go … T U V VE X Y Z.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoFor most of the history of the Latin alphabet, there was no distinction between U and V.
minus-squareTXL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAnd Finnish. And probably many many more since that’s what it is.
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
For most of the history of the Latin alphabet, there was no distinction between U and V.
Just as in Hungarian, duplavé FTW
And Finnish. And probably many many more since that’s what it is.
More like Double Eww amirite?