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Anonymous Finland 10/31/2025, 1:48:45 PM No.216357369 [Report] >>216357456 >>216357862 >>216358591 >>216358838 >>216359197 >>216359301
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>s
>t
>u
>v
>double u
>x
>y
>z
why is this allowed?
TVRK !!tR3osKCLF8M Germany 10/31/2025, 1:49:54 PM No.216357399 [Report] >>216357805
>s
>t
>u
>vau
>we
>x
>y
>z
Fixed it for you.
Anonymous Brazil 10/31/2025, 1:52:33 PM No.216357456 [Report] >>216357509 >>216357530 >>216357582 >>216358314 >>216358492 >>216359530
>>216357369 (OP)
And "double U" makes no sense. It should be "double V".
Anonymous Singapore 10/31/2025, 1:55:37 PM No.216357509 [Report]
>>216357456
It was written as a double u when English started out
Anonymous United States 10/31/2025, 1:56:38 PM No.216357530 [Report]
>>216357456
It's called that due to historical reasons. V and U used to be written the same.
Anonymous United Kingdom 10/31/2025, 1:58:24 PM No.216357582 [Report]
>>216357456
To be fair, my /w/ does look like a double /u/ in handwriting.
Anonymous India 10/31/2025, 2:08:01 PM No.216357805 [Report] >>216357894
>>216357399
>s
>t
>u
>vava
>weewa
>x
>y
>z
ftfy
Anonymous Germany 10/31/2025, 2:10:23 PM No.216357862 [Report] >>216358030
>>216357369 (OP)
>zee
Why is this allowed? Its sounds like a middle letter. Zed is a nice ending sound
Anonymous Russian Federation 10/31/2025, 2:12:20 PM No.216357894 [Report]
>>216357805
>s
>t
>u
>vuvevavavavivuva
>wawadilo crocodilo
>x
>y
>z
ftfy
Anonymous United States 10/31/2025, 2:17:46 PM No.216358030 [Report]
>>216357862
It ruins the rhyme scheme. V isn't ved.
Anonymous Finland 10/31/2025, 2:19:15 PM No.216358061 [Report]
I didn't realize until recently that w and v are pronounced differently in english
Anonymous United States 10/31/2025, 2:28:18 PM No.216358314 [Report]
>>216357456
Ɯhat are you talking about? Ɯe call it double-u because of hoɯ it looks like two "u"s smashed together. A double-V letter ɯould look completely different.
Anonymous United States 10/31/2025, 2:35:36 PM No.216358492 [Report] >>216359530
>>216357456
Ɯhat are you talking about? Ɯe call it double-u because of hoɯ it looks like tɯo "u"s smashed together. A double-V letter ɯould look completely different.
Anonymous Malaysia 10/31/2025, 2:39:21 PM No.216358591 [Report] >>216358716
>>216357369 (OP)
>>double u
More like dubliew
Anonymous United States 10/31/2025, 2:44:25 PM No.216358716 [Report]
>>216358591
Dubya
Anonymous Brazil 10/31/2025, 2:50:05 PM No.216358838 [Report]
>>216357369 (OP)
The OG Latin alphabet doesn't distinguish between U and V. That works fine for Latin but not for the Germanic languages, so they used a digraph "VV" for that. And since the name of the letter was "u", the digraph got called "double u" or some continental equivalent.
Eventually the digraph evolved into a ligature, and nowadays you're supposed to pretend it's a letter. And the name was stuck.
Side note the native name in Portuguese is "vê duplo" (double V), although "dáblio" (Anglicism) is probably more common.
Anonymous United States 10/31/2025, 3:04:27 PM No.216359197 [Report]
>>216357369 (OP)
british people be like h? no no that heytch... huh z??? no no no you ignorant retard its ZED ZED ZED ZED!!!!!
Anonymous France 10/31/2025, 3:09:05 PM No.216359301 [Report]
>>216357369 (OP)
>tf
>tp
please dont
Anonymous Brazil 10/31/2025, 3:17:58 PM No.216359530 [Report]
>>216357456
>>216358492
The name is likely from before U and V split into separated letters. This happened rather recently, around 1600 for most languages.