English usage and grammar@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year ago

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English usage and grammar@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year ago

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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
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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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    And croatian

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