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[–] [email protected] 25 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

tfw 'v' and 'w' is pronounced the same in your language

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago

Double v/u

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Truly walking in the ways of the ancients 🙏

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

'w' seems to be an invention of the late middleages, though ... not sure how they pronounced 'v' back then in Germany and England, but evidently Germanic writers felt the need for a discinct letter.