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jan Misali3 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2021-2023
3.7M views · 7 years ago · explainer · evergreen
jan Misali traces the history of the letter W, including why it is called double u. The video is part of a series of deep dives into individual letters.
Recommended for readers who enjoy fascinating deep dives into the history of odd letters and the alphabet.
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3 comments from Hacker News
If you're interested in fascinating deep dives into the history of a few odd letters, the jan Misali channel on Youtube has a video on the letter W (which, along the way, covers F and Y) and another one on the letter C. w: ▶ this video c: link
That is indeed why w is named "double u" in English (and "double v" in French. And why it's a vowel in Welsh. See more from jan Misali: ▶ this video
Folks reading this thread would likely appreciate this video on the history of C: link It goes into a lot of these evolutionary stages. And the history of W: ▶ this video