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minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·edit-21 day 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-up24·1 day agoJFYI, w is a vowel in Welsh.
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·1 day agothat alone!!!
minus-squareLyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoOnly the French (afaik, I’m not a polyglot) get it right, they call it ‘double V’
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoFor most of the history of the Latin alphabet, there was no distinction between U and V.
minus-squareTXL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoAnd Finnish. And probably many many more since that’s what it is.
minus-squareAlmightyDoorman@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoIn germany it is called W, pronounced [veː], non of that doubl bullshit, just it’s own letter.
minus-squarePart4@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoYeah the double bullshit ruins the alphabet. It’s much better to go … T U V VE X Y Z.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 hours agoJust as in Hungarian, duplavé FTW
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’
For most of the history of the Latin alphabet, there was no distinction between U and V.
And Finnish. And probably many many more since that’s what it is.
Also Spanish
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.
Just as in Hungarian, duplavé FTW
More like Double Eww amirite?