2007-01-10 08:52:01 · 7 answers · asked by C'mon Get Happy 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
in the old days, there really wasn't a 'V' (the v-sound was written with an 'F' or 'FF')....and the 'U' was written as a 'V' is today....hence W really was a double-U
If you have any old buildings in town...look at the inscriptions...
they might be spelled 'PVBLIC' etc.
2007-01-10 09:07:31 · answer #1 · answered by Tiberius 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
initially, the "double U" was written in a style more rounded making it appear as two U's instead of the sharper angles of the V we have today
2007-01-10 08:56:12 · answer #2 · answered by Not Quite Agnostic 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The W sound is exactly that--the sound of two u's (as in the word CWM). In latin, the "U" is written as a "V" so the double "U" sound was actually written as "VV", which became W
2007-01-10 09:05:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is double v in french
2007-01-10 08:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by istitch2 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The w began as two u's connected, people just all write differently. Now this w is standard.
2007-01-10 08:57:07 · answer #5 · answered by tokes 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good question. Perhaps someone who invented our language was drinking that day! LOL
2007-01-10 09:01:15 · answer #6 · answered by La_Liona 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"U" was chisled into things as a "V", so to doulbe your "U" gave you that "W"
2007-01-10 09:30:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋