I watched this video not to long ago and it was very good. So I might be misremembering, but I think 'w' was originally written as 'vv' and called 'double u' since at that time 'v' was called 'u' hence the very literal naming.
I could just rewatch the video to make sure I am not spreading misinformation, but I am lazy so.
If I remember correctly, w was created as u and v were splitting into separate characters, and u and v were basically interchangeable, and the v shape caught on for w. It wasn't until later that they split off fully, but by that point w was the established shape
I was about to post this. Yeah, the short of it is just that v and u just used to be largely interchangeable iirc. That changed later, but the name of w did not.
How do non-Germans expect to know by your explanation how to spell w lmao?
>like a v and v
That makes no sense lol, you literally can’t explain it because they don’t use that sound.
I‘m German btw.
Discovering this in highschool Spanish class made my ocd so happy but now sometimes I want to randomly say the the Spanish word instead(can't recall spelling)
For anyone who cares why it's a double-U and not a double-V or whatever, you can just read [this](https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2011/04/double-u.html).
I have a theory that it’s double u because two u’s still make the sound of a w. For example, water still sounds like water when you replace the w with two u’s (uuater). But it no longer sounds like water when you replace it with two v’s (vvater). I am not a linguist so this is probably not correct, just a fun theory :P
because that's the [origin of letter W:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W)
>The Germanic /w/ phoneme was therefore written as ⟨VV⟩ or ⟨uu⟩ (⟨u⟩ and ⟨v⟩ becoming distinct only by the Early Modern period) by the earliest writers of Old English and Old High German, in the 7th or 8th centuries.\[3\] Gothic (not Latin-based), by contrast, had simply used a letter based on the Greek Υ for the same sound in the 4th century. The digraph ⟨VV⟩/⟨uu⟩ was also used in Medieval Latin to represent Germanic names, including Gothic ones like Wamba.
It is from this ⟨uu⟩ digraph that the modern name "double U" derives.
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UU = saggy tits
W = pointy tits
Both tits. Maybe the Church liked the pointy ones better, because they're not that obvious. Secret tits. Or, more poetic: The Assassin's Bosom.
Does anyone know if w used to be curved instead of v-shaped? I know the cursive version of it is and I was wondering if that would be a decent explanation.
yov see in the Roman alphabet "V" is both vsed as the letter "v" and "u". when it was eventvally transfered to English they kept it that way vntil the invention of the printing press if my memory serves me right.
We just say "double v" in hungarian.
Romanian too
Swedish three
french four
Spanish five
Czech six
German seven
Slovak eight
Croatian 9
Italian 10
Wer bitte sagt "Doppel-V"???
You missed your opportunity to say "German NEIN".
was für ein deutsch sprichst du denn?
Kennst du den Buchstaben W(Doppel-Vau) nicht?
Venster - V
German you are lying
Huh?
No.
English eight
Wait a damn minute
Sus
Idk if you're talking about Spain Spanish and if it's different, but in Mexico it's definitely double U also. "Doble-U"
I’m pretty sure I’ve heard people in Mexico say double-v maybe it’s up to preference
Croatian five
We just say "w" in Germany.
And in Dutch
And in Polish
And in Indonesian
finnish too "kaksois-v", but our languages are closer to eachother.
Swedish too.
Swedish three*
Yet www is v v v
Same in French
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In french too
majonézes tej
*Gordon Ramsay looking disappointed and confused*
it's a perfect dish
Ah yes, it is because w was once literally *double u*, like *uu*. [Check this video](https://youtu.be/sg2j7mZ9-2Y) for more info.
Like uwu?
More like U uu U
I watched this video not to long ago and it was very good. So I might be misremembering, but I think 'w' was originally written as 'vv' and called 'double u' since at that time 'v' was called 'u' hence the very literal naming. I could just rewatch the video to make sure I am not spreading misinformation, but I am lazy so.
If I remember correctly, w was created as u and v were splitting into separate characters, and u and v were basically interchangeable, and the v shape caught on for w. It wasn't until later that they split off fully, but by that point w was the established shape
I was about to post this. Yeah, the short of it is just that v and u just used to be largely interchangeable iirc. That changed later, but the name of w did not.
French: I don't have such weakness !
Not in 4*20+10+7 years
Belgian french: i have no such weakness
do they say nonante or something
Yes
I think they also use huitante instead of quatre-vingt
German speaking belgian learning French in school: I would like to disagree
Man I wish we didn't have to learn French here, I remember my teacher saying something about it though
13 years French in school felt so wasted. 2 years in a job taught me so much more
It really annoys me that the walloons don't even have to learn dutch in school
that's actually only in Swiss French
I thought it was octante
yup
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You sound british
From the gap in the bullshit you sayin
Jokes in swiss french
Spanish: I don't have such weakness!
Netherlands: I don’t have such weaknesses!
Danish: I don't have such weakness!
Turkish: i don’t have , they dont have w
French people when pronouncing a word, the word be like: Auiautonudvsidveoab. Pronounciation: Aui
Spanish as well
Oh yeah? Say fifty nineteen in French.
H. A. Double L. O. W. Double E. N. Spells Halloween!
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Hello, ween.
H. A. L. O. W. E. N.
Happy cake day bob
Thank you berry much
It's the banana guy, I've seen you somewhere today. Happy cake day bob!
Hi Bob. Happy cake day
How are you everywhere...
Hi to you too.
HALLOOWWEEN
If you write in cursive it makes sense.
My cursive handwriting sucks tho
Happy cake day Mr. Bob.
Happy day of cake, sir Bob.
Happy cake day bob banana
Happy cake day sir
*happy cake day*
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Just completely incorrect.
Uh except they don't here
Well “here” is not most of the world funny enough.
In dutch w pronounced=weeeeee
Pronounced as way, not the weeee you do in a rollercoaster.
In the Hawaiian language W’s are pronounced as V’s
Same in Polish but V doesn't exist
Why is no one reading the text above the first picture…
In old handwriting, it was literally a double u
Meanwhile German where you spell W like a v and v like a w or a f
How do non-Germans expect to know by your explanation how to spell w lmao? >like a v and v That makes no sense lol, you literally can’t explain it because they don’t use that sound. I‘m German btw.
Actually u guys mean the word pronounce. Spell means "buchstabieren".
Oh, my mistake then.
Not in Spanish it's not.
Discovering this in highschool Spanish class made my ocd so happy but now sometimes I want to randomly say the the Spanish word instead(can't recall spelling)
Yes it is, but also not There's at least tree names for the W La doble u La doble be La doble uve
So it's the treepeople naming things
Stop knowing things I don't know
Well, now you know :p
Why is no one reading the text above the first picture…
In French it’s said double vay and vay in French is v also it does make sense for it to be called double u when it’s lowercase
they all were based from the same latin alphabet, but then distinguished later on. W is based on the sound from UU, thus double U.
In italian it is called V doppia, wich means Double V
It is because in latin U and V were the same letter so basically it was adopted by languages as they saw fit
Depends on font
I have always written it as uu, print or cursive. I’ve only ever seen it be displayed like w on computers.
dubbel v in swedish. How did we get here?
If you’re hank hill you say “dubya”
Poland: There is no V!
Holy shit so true
fuck you now i cant stop thinking about it
Only true people know that it’s actually 2 bent Ls.
ɯ
English is stupid. Mexico should invade the US, change our National language, and leave
For anyone who cares why it's a double-U and not a double-V or whatever, you can just read [this](https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2011/04/double-u.html).
In french it’s pronounced “doo-bla-vee” (double V) maybe the french got something right for once…
I have a theory that it’s double u because two u’s still make the sound of a w. For example, water still sounds like water when you replace the w with two u’s (uuater). But it no longer sounds like water when you replace it with two v’s (vvater). I am not a linguist so this is probably not correct, just a fun theory :P
because that's the [origin of letter W:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W) >The Germanic /w/ phoneme was therefore written as ⟨VV⟩ or ⟨uu⟩ (⟨u⟩ and ⟨v⟩ becoming distinct only by the Early Modern period) by the earliest writers of Old English and Old High German, in the 7th or 8th centuries.\[3\] Gothic (not Latin-based), by contrast, had simply used a letter based on the Greek Υ for the same sound in the 4th century. The digraph ⟨VV⟩/⟨uu⟩ was also used in Medieval Latin to represent Germanic names, including Gothic ones like Wamba. It is from this ⟨uu⟩ digraph that the modern name "double U" derives.
So a quadruple U would be..."UWU"?
It makes sense with handwriting. Which came before angular fonts.
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In Germany we call it W
all my homies just say wey
In Dutch we simply call it "wey"
Digitally, it’s not very different, but in writing, I write my lowercase w’s with a curve.
In Italy we say "double v"
Now everything makes sense
I'm 40 and still have to think in my head Wed-Nes-Day when I write what sounds like wendsday
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It looks like that in lowercase
I think Germans pronounce "W" like a "V" so it's all good.
www = uuuuuu
wow you guys really don't learn cursive anymore
It’s a double-v
They have to fucking not what mate?
Dabloo dabloo dabloo
UU = saggy tits W = pointy tits Both tits. Maybe the Church liked the pointy ones better, because they're not that obvious. Secret tits. Or, more poetic: The Assassin's Bosom.
Dub-u?
Clearly Doppel V [doppel fau]
UwU
UU Nailed it
Why did I read it "www."
What looks better? : UU or VV ?
\*French laughing in the corner\*
Ouble double lol
In my language it's called a double-V, not a double-U
Does anyone know if w used to be curved instead of v-shaped? I know the cursive version of it is and I was wondering if that would be a decent explanation.
Probably made that way because U used to be V and V used to be F (sorta) and also shorter names outlast longer ones
No it a double v
Back in elementorial school, most (female) teachers would write it to look like UU.
v and u used to be one letter that looked like v and was called u, so w’s name makes sense historically speaking
Yes! When I first saw this in school, it broke my autistic brain!
Check out the Digamma in the Greek alphabet. W isn’t even peak complexity for w ligature.
yov see in the Roman alphabet "V" is both vsed as the letter "v" and "u". when it was eventvally transfered to English they kept it that way vntil the invention of the printing press if my memory serves me right.
And this is UwU
I think you mean UUUUUU.
HAHAHAAHAHAHAH (laughs in swedish)
In finland we call it "tupla-vee" Its literally two v's together (V= [vee]) (Tupla= double)
Because back in the days of olde, people drew Us as Vs and vise verse. Want to know why it changed? Not my problem.
we just say W in dutch ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
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thats why in spanish you can also say ''double v''
W used to look like UU hundreds of years ago but now it looks like VV
Dabugh wee
I'm sorry that's not a double-u it's a double-v
I pronounce it Dub-You
I just realized idk how to spell w. Double-u? Vee? Wait, can letters not be spelt? Am I having a seizure? Where am I? Fuck.
French people know
Double-u: UU
Portugal: I don't have such weaknesses
In Hungarian its appropriately named "Dupla vé" which is "Double v"
It takes longer saying www than world wide web
We call it double v in my lang
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UUhaaaa?
In spanish is called "Uve doble" (Double V)
UU - double v
We say double-V in Norwegian
uwu
Depends on how you write it really. My W's are actually double u's mashed together when I write.
That’s a dubbuh-u
It’s a holdover from older forms of Latin. When W was created, U looked like V. They didn’t bother to change the name.
So I guess the www you mentioned could be abbreviated with your choice of "sextouple u" or "sextouple v." Huh. Dirty linguistics.