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Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, Jemma said "my flabber had never been so gasted".

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[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Only the French (afaik, I'm not a polyglot) get it right, they call it 'double V'

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[–] AlmightyDoorman@kbin.earth 9 points 1 year ago

In germany it is called W, pronounced [veː], non of that doubl bullshit, just it's own letter.

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[–] higgsboson@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago

Also Spanish

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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Just as in Hungarian, duplavé FTW

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago

For most of the history of the Latin alphabet, there was no distinction between U and V.

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[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago

And Finnish. And probably many many more since that's what it is.

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