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Granixo to English usage and grammar@lemmy.caEnglish ·
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Explain yourselves 🇬🇧🇺🇸

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  • danielton@lemmy.world
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    It’s because U and V used to be the same letter. Jan Misali made a great video about the history of W.

  • theatomictruth@lemmy.world
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    It is called double V in French

    • Egg_In_Question@lemmy.sdf.org
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      And Spanish

      • DampCanary@lemmy.world
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        And croatian

      • dakku@sh.itjust.works
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        Probably all romance languages

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          Also in most Germanic languages.

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            But not the Germanic language we all speak.

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              Not that particular Germanic language no. But in most others.

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    W looks like uu in certain handwriting styles (like mine lol)

  • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    Try writing a U in stone, makes more sense to have it shaped like a V

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      Best answer 🤣

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