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Re:A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W by chrisweekly on Sunday September 20, 2026 @04:08PM (#49779544)
Yet its written shape is a double-V.
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Re:A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W by thaumasiotes on Sunday September 20, 2026 @08:47PM (#49781729)
That's easy to explain; U and V are the same letter.
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Re:A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W by chrisweekly on Monday September 21, 2026 @08:17AM (#49786308)
Untrue. Vowel.
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Re:A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W by notpushkin on Monday September 21, 2026 @12:36PM (#49789568)
Uoɰel?
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Re:A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W by thaumasiotes on Monday September 21, 2026 @02:26PM (#49791266)
Try looking into the history. The explanation I gave is correct.
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