Why it's pronounced 'double U' and not 'double V' 🤔

[madhukarkole]

English truly is a language. No rules just vibes.

[wool]

“Why do we call this a dou-“
“Double it and give it to the next person”

[josuec_]

*English:* That's "double U"
*Other Languages:* 👁️👄👁️

[arlesorchards]

I always found this interesting because in French it actually is double vé (double V) instead.

[Alien_fromMarz]

French: *”I am clearly on a whole nother level.”*

[ishmaelstylinson]

_zach doesn't find answers to questions, he finds questions to answer_

[Light_up_editz]

"because - well ... Tradition. " ahh stucked zack💀💀😭😭☠️

[alimkhan]

This is the first time he answered a question that i actually wanted to know

[SteLupop]

English "double U"
Italian: "doppia Vu"

[SpaceV-de]

English is a crazy language and yet i love it

[deerlife]

Bro just explained a question I’ve been asking myself for over 12 years in 30 seconds.

[Minute_Sniper]

Fun fact, in french, "W" is called double v and not double u

Edit: in chinese, v is v but w is wu

[yakshashreyas]

I HADDD THISSS EAXAACTTT QUESTION !!! THANK YOU ZACH..!🥺🙏

[TheDarioxGamer]

In Spanish is actually named "Double V", so this point makes sense

[irisbisono]

We have a similar problem in the Spanish language. Some countries call it "double U", "double V" or "double Uve". Sometimes it can be quite confusing for native Spanish speakers and for those who are learning our language due to the variation of the name depending on the country.

[leonidas]

In Spain they do call it "doble v", which translates to "double v"

[seyki]

The letter "w" was pronounced as "double-v" by Spanish/Latin. The letter "V" was used for sound of "u". For example, MVSEVM (MUSEUM), and (even) before that, "v" was also used for sound "w" just like VVILLIAM (WILLIAM). So therefore, U, V, W are interconnected (they are together in the standard english alphabet)

They evolved from Ancient Latin, Old English, Roman Alphabets, Medieval English.

[SteveLego]

Italians: calls it "Double V"

[DA_MEMER-Y]

I was questioning this for a long time
U made me happy today

[leomidgley]

I am half italian so....

Here is a fun fact ..

You know when he said"why do we call this DOUBLE YOU whe its clearly a DOUBLE V...etc" the double v in italy the letter W is littrally called DOUBLE V even though its not on the alphabet ..only exscieption like(wafer) ❤
And the word WATER is pronaunced VATER and it means TOILET i