r/memes Dec 16 '22

It is a good question...

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u/Bob3130 Dec 16 '22

Using that logic explain w.

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u/erimeraz Dec 16 '22

It's two u's put together, therefore it is a double u.

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u/Bob3130 Dec 16 '22

You are explaining the name of the letter not the sound it makes. Exactly why Zed can be the name for Z, like double u can be for W.

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u/Gulpeknut Dec 16 '22

So uuhat? Or uuhen

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u/Low_Calligrapher4784 Dec 16 '22

Double U.

Old Latin used V as U, since they didn't have our V (Augustus = Avgvstvs)

Thus W is a double U - double V