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Re:ACARS Drama by isoprophlex on Friday March 21, 2025 @03:30AM (#43432726)
That's pretty interesting, on the face of it its not a bad idea at all to just merge v and w... simplify language without losing much resolution.

although f and v would make more sense in terms of the actual sounds made?

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Re:ACARS Drama by codetrotter on Thursday March 27, 2025 @02:58PM (#43496854)
> f and v would make more sense in terms of the actual sounds made?

Depends on the language. In German, f and v sound similar. And from your profile description I am guessing you are from the Netherlands, which I guess also might have f and v sound very similar to one-another.

In Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish, we have pretty clear distinction between f and v.

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