ILikeBoobies,

Try writing a U in stone, makes more sense to have it shaped like a V

Granixo,
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Best answer 🤣

danielton,

It’s because U and V used to be the same letter. Jan Misali made a great video about the history of W.

theatomictruth,

It is called double V in French

Egg_In_Question,

And Spanish

dakku,

Probably all romance languages

yata,

Also in most Germanic languages.

jerkface,
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But not the Germanic language we all speak.

yata,

Not that particular Germanic language no. But in most others.

DampCanary,
@DampCanary@lemmy.world avatar

And croatian

autumn,

W looks like uu in certain handwriting styles (like mine lol)

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