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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•5 months agoIf you were wondering, it got named “double u” when u and v were the same letter, V was used at the beginning of words and u ain the middle/end. It wasn’t till much later they were seperated into 2 glyphs for different sounds. arrow-up16arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•5 months agoIn German it’s called a Doppel-Vau, with Vau being the letter V. In Dutch it’s just called wee, none of this double bullshit arrow-up13arrow-down13file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•5 months agoIn German it’s V = Fau, W = Vee. arrow-up13arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•5 months agoHuh. I learned doppel-fau in high school. Could it be that both terms are used? arrow-up11arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 months agoNo. Romance languages use variations of double V but not German arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 months agoNo, I’m not aware of any dialect that does and standard German definitely doesn’t use it. arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
If you were wondering, it got named “double u” when u and v were the same letter, V was used at the beginning of words and u ain the middle/end. It wasn’t till much later they were seperated into 2 glyphs for different sounds.
In German it’s called a Doppel-Vau, with Vau being the letter V.
In Dutch it’s just called wee, none of this double bullshit
In German it’s V = Fau, W = Vee.
Huh. I learned doppel-fau in high school. Could it be that both terms are used?
No. Romance languages use variations of double V but not German
No, I’m not aware of any dialect that does and standard German definitely doesn’t use it.