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minus-squareLyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoOnly the French (afaik, I’m not a polyglot) get it right, they call it ‘double V’
minus-squareAlmightyDoorman@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoIn germany it is called W, pronounced [veː], non of that doubl bullshit, just it’s own letter.
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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.
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.