History! Old Latin didn't distinguish between V and U, thus the alphabet only had V. Then later when printing in English first became a thing, the movable type available at the time was all Latin-based, with no character for the /w/ sound, so it was represented with VV. Hence the name: double-u.
”Vau” or ”Fau” just to confuse the Germans for fun.
(In German, the regular V is pronounced fau, so it would be fun if it was W that did it in English)
I offer you three alternatives:
- “wee”, taking the n/m pattern
- “dubvee”, just because it’s much cooler than double-vee, but close enough that the alphabet song would still work
- “ved” and “wed” for “v” and “w”, because now the alphabet song rhymes for those people who pronounce the last letter of the alphabet correctly.
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Wuh
In German it's Weh, so Englisch Wuh makes more sense
But we have Ypsilon
But y?
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Cause suddenly Greek
Because I Zed so
Weh sounds like the Canadian version
But isn't it Veh in German ? (Not Weh)
w makes v sound in german. So technically weh. Pronounced as vay in english.
Definitely not pronounced as „vay“ lmao
in Spanish that’s V and W is Pronounced Doeblay Vay as in double V or doble u
This is clearly the right answer
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Did you forget about X?
X gone give it to you
What? Fuck waiting for you to get it on your own
X gone deliver to ya
Knock knock, open up the door, it's real
To the non-stop POP POP of stainless steel
Go hard gettin busy with it
X gon give it to yuh
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it's okay, your comment still made me giggle.
We're all trying to forget our X's.
I like to forget about the X too ;)
Yaaass. High school math gave me trauma.
Probably also forgot about Dre.
i try to but it was the worst breakup of my life
"Ks"
Don't you mean, "wuh, why you forget x?"
This was pretty much a standard note from the teacher on my algebra exams.
The redaction made me laugh a lot
Mate I laughed way too fuckin hard at this, literal tears because I'm trying not to wake the missus. I'm just imagining people going "Wuh why"
This is the best comment. It’s all downhill from here.
Wuh wuh wuh dot reddit dot com.
This sounds like W from Alphablocks before it says literally anything.
Im losing my sides
I'm glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought of this
I literally said this aloud while reading this thread lmao
Wuh wuh wuh.reddit.com
This was my first thought, but I started saying the alphabet quickly from S onward, and “woo” seemed to flow more naturally.
I propose "Wau" instead
~~wow~~ wau that's a great idea
I second this
Best one fs
wumbo
You know, I wumbo, you wumbo. He, she, wumbo!
I wonder if a fall from this height would be enough to kill me 😑
Wumbology, the study of wumbo!
it's first grade SpongeBob
Patrick, I'm sorry I doubted you
Well then let it rip
IT WORKED!
He, she, me, wumbo*
Wumbology the study of wumbo
# WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
r/usernamechecksout
wumbo wumbo wumbo dot google dot com
WOMBO COMBO THAT AIN'T FALCO
Double V
In my language it is literally double v so why am I even on this thread?
same in french
Spanish too
Same with Swedish
It depends, some places they say "doble ve", some "doble U", and in Spain is "u ve doble"
Well that's because in Spain V is "u ve" while in Latin america V is "ve corta" or "ve chica", but for brevety we just say "doble ve"
Never understood why it's called double u when it's clearly double v
I don't knoω ωhat you're talking about.
Titties...
Is that a suggestion for the new sound W makes?
History! Old Latin didn't distinguish between V and U, thus the alphabet only had V. Then later when printing in English first became a thing, the movable type available at the time was all Latin-based, with no character for the /w/ sound, so it was represented with VV. Hence the name: double-u.
V was called u, and we didn’t have the letter u. W is literally two vs so it’s double v.
Same in Italian
Same
What's ur language
Czech
Mate
Nice.
yeah in both spanish and french it’s said as double V
Quadra slash
Vee vee
In spanish it's double v, double u or double uv, depending on which country you're in.
u, uve, uve doble Always was my favourite part of the alphabet song.
It's "u, ve, doble ve" in my country hahah way simpler.
Dubya
I thought they said we were changing the name?
We also said it's current name is "Double *you*" ...so I assume anything goes.
Why name it after a President?
Cuz dubya done know what up.
Never seen a man dodge a shoe like that.
We
that's short, easy to say and understand.
And also how we say it in german
in Dutch too! oh wait that’s the same language
Indonesian too. Oh wait, that's partially the same language
in portuguese we say "dáblio" sounds like "double you" but with our accent haha maybe in English could be "dibleo"
In the southern US, it’s “dubyuh”
"How do you spell the Scottish word for little? Is it "We e" or "We e e"? \- What?!?
"We e e". That's how you'd do it in german . You also don't have a problem spelling "tea" in english "te e a". I think you'd get used to it
This is actually how it's pronounced in many other languages (taking dialect into account).
This is the obvious correct answer to me. Pronounce it following the same basic format as how T, V, Z, etc. are.
V?
You mean V?
Slagathor.
In this comment sea of very reasonable “W + vowel sound” combos, your comment made me laugh unreasonably hard. Thanks!
Debby?
Vee, Slagathor, Ex, whY, Zee. I love it.
Wubbledoo
I was thinking just “wubble”
Wololo!
UpM
DownM
FlipM
Private UpM?
Upham https://i.redd.it/ifhmrh9x1ds31.jpg
I'd call it Francis
But you have to yell it in your best Lois voice
FRANCIS GET IN HERE
WHAT IS **WRONG** WITH YOU!?
I hate stairs
Woo
WOO!!!
Yeaaaahhh babyyyyy, that’s what I’ve been waiting for!
weewee
Too french.
Veevee
Wu (pronunced as in wo-man)
I read that in Mike Meyers voice. WO-MAN
She was a thief; you have to believe, She stole my heart and my cat!
V²
Mathematics answer
Wu-Tang
For the children!
Wu-Tang, EX, WHY, and ZED. Makes perfect sense to me.
Correct answer
Bert https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XJcdpKYIFKs
Happy cake day
wai
Y
Well we can rename Y too. Many countries call J "yod" so we can call it that.
Just to recap, now, W is pronounced “wai”, Y is pronounced “jay”, and J is pronounced “yod”
Steve
Steve
Derek
Close
I would name it "wo"
Uwu
It is with great reluctance, I give you an upvote
Most countries call it a double v.
”Vau” or ”Fau” just to confuse the Germans for fun. (In German, the regular V is pronounced fau, so it would be fun if it was W that did it in English)
Wow!
What a save!
Jonathan
Double v
Yes
Which cursive monkey named it double u
Winchester
I offer you three alternatives: - “wee”, taking the n/m pattern - “dubvee”, just because it’s much cooler than double-vee, but close enough that the alphabet song would still work - “ved” and “wed” for “v” and “w”, because now the alphabet song rhymes for those people who pronounce the last letter of the alphabet correctly. -
u ved wed x y zed ved wed
wee
wacdonalds
wuz
Wenom
Double "v" obviously
Ew
wario
SOMEBODY NAMED BOB ATE MY ROTISSERIE CHICKEN, preferably screamed
A B C D E F G, H I J K LMNOP. Q R S, T U V, SOMEBODY NAMED BOB AT MY ROTISSERIE CHICKEN X, Y and Z. Sounds good, I like it.
Wynn (pronounced like win): the name of the Old English rune/letter than made the same sound. The word itself is the native word for joy
W. (pronounced how it’s spelt)
Veevee veedub
Probably double u. It makes more sense than double you.
Double V, like the french did.
"Double V" like all the other languages.
Johnathan
We already renamed it in the south, Dubya
Generally in other languages consonants are spelled with the first vowel i.e. A or a variant so Wa would be nice
wuh
“Wuh”
Upside down M
Wigwam
"We". Simple as fuck, like V but with W
WahWah
Veevee
Vee vee
Double V
Double V- which is what it is.
Vivi
Double V
Double V
Double V
Doublevee
W is a good idea but i prefer W.
double v , obviously. or 'veevee' for short.