I just wanna know, why is w called double U and not double V. Thanks?

Answer 1

at a guess i would say its from the latin because a u was written like a v

Answer 2

In French and Spanish it's called "double v".

Answer 3

All I can suggest is that, in some handwriting, it is rounded at he bottom, rather than pointed, particularly in lower case, and then it looks like uu joined up, rather than v v.
Whether it looked like uu in the handwriting prevalent when it got its name is another matter.

Anyway, a "Vee double-Vee Beetle" doesn't sound quite right, so I'm glad it's pronounced "double-you". And what would happen to George Dubya Bush?.

Answer 4

In some languages it is called a double u.

Answer 5

Because at one time writing was done using rounded curves so that the writing flowed `out` of the pen and was done without taking the pen off the paper to form a letter.Angular writing came at a much later date. This is the reason it was refer ed to as `joined up writing`.

Answer 6

i think saying double u makes a lot of sense than saying double v

Answer 7

In English it is double U but in Spanish it is "doble V"
and in Portuguese it has been removed from the
alphabet, although it continues in use as doubleu!

Answer 8

There's no real reason. Some people actually do write it in a curved manner like myself. Be happy that it's not called something completely non-sensical like "double c" or something.

Answer 9

Good explanation on Wikipedia for this question. Read the second paragraph.

Answer 10

Because we named the lowercase letter rather than the uppercase