This might get lost in the comments but my boss is German and I was asking why they bother spelling "Vogel" (bird) with a V instead of an F and he said, as a joke, "because V looks like a bird". For those who don't know the German alphabet, the name for V is Fow. so 5000 years after humans started using a picture of a bird, to write the first letter of the word for a bird, called Wow, its direct anscestor in both name and design is being used to DRAW A BIRD THAT MAKES THE FIRST LETTER OF THE WORD FOR A BIRD
this was the only recommended video that wasnt clickbait vaugeslop, does exactly what it said. i know it took restraint to not title it "the history of this letter is CRAZY". subbed
11:50 thats interesting because the how you pronounce Y in spanish is almost the same. the only difference is that Y in spanish is pronounced like I-graega
In my hand writing, u v r all can look similar to something between r-v, y and u can look similar to the upless q like the wau in the first form. And g can look like y time to time. Don't make my writing the standart
Being from Germany "w" is spelled a bit like "wh-e". But when I learned the way the latin alphabet is spelled in English (double u) I thought my English teacher was testing us by pulling some kind of prank.
15:55 I went on a road trip through Wales this year, and was struck by how the Welsh language, while gorgeous on the ear, seemed at first utterly insane in written form. But soon I picked up on the different treatment of certain letters, like specifically "w", at which point I realised that written Welsh is actually super straightforward compared to English.
Some examples I saw while on the road that were eye-opening: ambiwlans=ambulance; yspyty=hospital; Wrecsam=Wrexham
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W video
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Ðe true double u is Ŭ
Wau! 🤯
wāw's phonecian form has since gone on to discard millions of cards held in hand a few millennia later
Does anyone know reliable information on the full history going from Egyptian hieroglyphs to modern Latin?
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In Dutch we call it "Wee" (pronounced as Way), which is pretty much how it's pronounced
0:27 Fun fact: In French it is actually called Double V
This video is why I studied linguistics, got my BA in it last yr
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Freaky ahh website
1:35
Papyrus?
Finally, the explanation for Kamen Rider Double
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every single time Japanese comes up in a linguistic context, it always makes me w. ダブル=W is pretty w.
This might get lost in the comments but my boss is German and I was asking why they bother spelling "Vogel" (bird) with a V instead of an F and he said, as a joke, "because V looks like a bird". For those who don't know the German alphabet, the name for V is Fow. so 5000 years after humans started using a picture of a bird, to write the first letter of the word for a bird, called Wow, its direct anscestor in both name and design is being used to DRAW A BIRD THAT MAKES THE FIRST LETTER OF THE WORD FOR A BIRD
What a world we live in
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6:36 You inverter the names of the letters
Massive?
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Double U is named after the sound of the letter, the idea of wha is uu
W video, W letter, W ball knowledge, W creator.
this was the only recommended video that wasnt clickbait vaugeslop, does exactly what it said. i know it took restraint to not title it "the history of this letter is CRAZY". subbed
a crazy internet lag led me here
I'm glad that it did
saved that to my watch later list 6 years ago today im studying linguistics in college and watching this video, like wow
Doubleyuw
Weeee
just wanted to say that this is the video that first got me into linguistics, so thank you for helping me discover a great passion of mine.
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To be fair font changes it and a w can look like a double u also
I know you. Why?
Double you
w? MORE LIKE WEEZER!!!!….
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bleh👅
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W speed
11:50 thats interesting because the how you pronounce Y in spanish is almost the same. the only difference is that Y in spanish is pronounced like I-graega
W video
in swedish it is called a double v
when he was explaining the history of waw I literally thought "wow"
Fun fact, in Spanish W is called Double V
W to w.
In my hand writing, u v r all can look similar to something between r-v, y and u can look similar to the upless q like the wau in the first form. And g can look like y time to time. Don't make my writing the standart
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sometimes i just call it "wuh"
Being from Germany "w" is spelled a bit like "wh-e". But when I learned the way the latin alphabet is spelled in English (double u) I thought my English teacher was testing us by pulling some kind of prank.
15:55 I went on a road trip through Wales this year, and was struck by how the Welsh language, while gorgeous on the ear, seemed at first utterly insane in written form. But soon I picked up on the different treatment of certain letters, like specifically "w", at which point I realised that written Welsh is actually super straightforward compared to English.
Some examples I saw while on the road that were eye-opening:
ambiwlans=ambulance;
yspyty=hospital;
Wrecsam=Wrexham