Double you?

[Lashuri Chan]

So I have been wondering why is the letter W called double YOU when the bottom is pointed like the letter V and not curved like the letter U. Shouldn't it be called double V?

 

[Thistleclaw]

Because of the lowercase W, when written, it's more of a double u.  

[Lashuri Chan]

Nope not really. Not in Word anyways or here.

 

[Emo Pankakes]

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well, people used to write in really curvy, cursive-type handwriting all the time and when you write like that both capital and lowercase w's are curvy on the bottom like a u.

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[Lashuri Chan]

I can see that it is curvy in cursive writing, but regular writing it just seems the same only smaller, like the letter S or C

 

[HimeFiveCents]

Holy crap, Aishi!!!

I never realised W was double u... I really never did! emotion_jawdrop I always thought what a weird sound "W" was but I never would have suspected it was "Double U", ha! Thats so cool! In the words of W. Bush from Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay: You just blew my ******** mind.  

[Sega Queen]

little aishi chan

So I have been wondering why is the letter W called double YOU when the bottom is pointed like the letter V and not curved like the letter U. Shouldn't it be called double V?

I'm not sure but whoever decided to do that did that. 3nodding  

[mahou prince]

In my language (which is Swedish) we say it like it's
double V. o w o;;