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minus-squaredavepleasebehave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-24 months agoIn English it is literally called ‘double u’
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoEven tho it’s more like a double v. Always struck me as odd.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoAfaik, comes from Latin that had no “U” and “V” was both vowel and consonant until some point in time.
minus-squaredavepleasebehave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoBug is supposedly a Welsh origin word that is spelt bwg. and that’s the limit of my knowledge
In English it is literally called ‘double u’
Even tho it’s more like a double v. Always struck me as odd.
Afaik, comes from Latin that had no “U” and “V” was both vowel and consonant until some point in time.
Bug is supposedly a Welsh origin word that is spelt bwg. and that’s the limit of my knowledge