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Why is the letter W pronnounced 'double-U'? Shouldn't it be pronnounced 'double-V' instead? I mean, this is a double-U: UU. This is a double-V: VV. Which one looks more like a W? The VV, of course.

And why don't we start doubling-up some more letters to make the English language even more complicated than it already is? We could have AAs, BBs, and most importantly of all, DDs!

LET'S KILL SOME PEOPLE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN! AGGH!

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Once again, the French people are right. As usual.

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It's pronounced like that to annoy people.

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shut your french trap, Biggus! :D

Germans pronounce it "veh", where the v is a soft one, like in vehicle.

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Actually, I'm not surprised that the "double-u" comes from a country where people are driving on the wrong side of the road...Oh, and the German...I'd prefer to NOT talk about them.

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me thinks it comes from the whole Latin thing, what with the v's being u's and shizzle (like Nordicvs' username)

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English language has not precisely some latin roots... :lookaround:

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Fucking Romans ruin everything! So what, Vs were Ws, Us, AND 5s? What kind of morons would come up with something like that? Let's get them!

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ha ha! :moon:

Long live Rome!

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Those pinecone explosives are quite lethal.

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Time for ye olde Celtic invasion!!

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Let's kill the Roman!!! Oh wait, it's already done. Well...Let's kill the English!!!!

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Dubbel V

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You want to try killing Mr. Matt?? I would'nt even go within 20 miles of his house unless I was insane!

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I just finished off a 4 pack of Newcastle Brown, and now a mate brought over a 4 of Murphy's.

:sillyme:

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He has a house? :eek: I always thought he lived in a cave or whatever...

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Unless 'house' really means 'ditch at the side of the road'

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Indeed.

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Slimy Cheese!

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howdy reven

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I can't believe you killed that topic so fast. Topic killers. Bah.

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erm.......happy hour??

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:hump:

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:beer:

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beh
ce
de
a
f
j
h
ie
g
kesh
le
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doobl-ee-vay
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why
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^ what I can remember of the French alphabet pronounciations I 'learnt' six years ago.

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damn new page!

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ha!

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if you say so.....

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In the Spanish Alphabet, W is Double V.

V = "ve"
W = "double ve" = Double V.

Ahh, the power of 2. 2 U's (or V's) are better than 1.

Honestly, maybe double U looks like double V because a true double U looks like a pair of boobs, and the English wouldn't want people laughing at that everytime they write something. (That would make some really funny stories, though).

UU

See for yourself. (If this is considered pornographic, please delete as I don't want to violate any of the forum guidelines by accident).

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More Like This...

A - ay
B - be
C - se
D - de
E - ee
F - ef
G - je
H - heygh
I - ey
J - jay
K - kay
L - el
M - em
N - en
O - oow
P - pe
Q - ku
R - ar
S - es
T - te
U - yu
V - ve
W - double-u
X - ex
Y - why
Z - zed

Weird..... and we came from who, the Saxons i think it was... (Roman then Saxons, then tones of other languages) - Who actually invented English?

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No, I was referring to the spanish alphabet. I forgot to mention, though, that all of the vowels are short in pronounciation.

So really, V = va (with a long a). But in spanish, it would be V = ve (with a short e).

Here is the spanish alphabet (remember, all vowels are short):

a - ah
b - be
c - ce
ch - che
e - e (pronounced like the long a in english).
f - efe
g - he
h - hache (or ache. H's are always silent in spanish. Except for in front of a c, it really doesn't need to be in the alphabet).
i - i (pronounced like a long e, but the vowel itself is short when in words)
j - je (or hay in english)
k - k
l - ele
ll - elle (or aya, with all of the a's long).
m - eme
n - ene
ñ - eñe (in english, enyay).
o - oh
p - pe
q - cu (coo, with oo as in cool)
r - ere
rr - erre (rr is the rolled r, which I have a ton of trouble pronouncing)
s - ese
t - te
u - oo
v - ve
w - double ve
x - equis
y - i griega
z - ze

(note: Red letters denote letters that used to be in the Spanish Alphabet, but were taken out a few years ago).

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oh right, well... i just decided to give everyone the english version then :p

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Well uh.. my name starts with a W , weither that be a VV or a UU, my name starts with a W! w00tsiccles *Parades ring out in all cities across the globe other than in Kansas*

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Wie schmeckt meine bohnen?


Und...


Wie fehlen meine mannshaft?

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Mrr. Matt is insaane.

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WWhat iis CCort TTalking aabout ??

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I've been ranting about the letter "W" since fourth grade and no one took me seriously. Glad to see people here are a bit more understanding. :p

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II ddon't kknow, JJedihunter!

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X = eeks
Y = eegret
Z = zed

Aha! My phamalphabet is complete!1!1

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WWhat iis ggoing oon??

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I'm surprised if this is surprising you.... :p
You were joking here, right?

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:nono:

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WWWWWWhat the...?

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:lurk:

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What? I don't care about this anymore. I'm into pandas now. I have the attention span of a newt. Oohhh... newts!