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A "W" is called a "Double U" because U's used to be written like V's- and a W looks like two V's put together (W and VV look very simular)
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Why is the western hockey league called the dub?
"Dub" is a nickname for the "W" (pronounced "double-U," hence--dub).
How do you spell the letter w as a word?
You can spell the letter 'w' as a word like this: 'double-u', or 'double-you'.
Why is the university in Seattle called Udub?
U stands for University. Dub stands for Double U, which stands for W, which stands for Washington. Put them together and you have University of Washington!
Is W a three syllable word?
No but why it is pronounced double u
Why do they call the letter w w?
before its actually a double u it looks like this UU but it acedently looked like a v Ww
What rhymes with double U?
W , trouble too, bubble blue
What does W stand for?
Tungsten George Walker Bush
How come w is said double you when there is no relation?
Because two U's makes a W. but not all the way. UU . close.
What was the last letter to become part of the alphabet?
The U. Yes the U came after the double U which used to be called the double vee
Why letter W read double you?
Because it looks similar to two letter 'U's.
Why is a 'w' called a 'double U' and not a 'double V?
Ah, children, children. The answer is obvious if you look at old printings. Way back when, the letter was always written with two connected "U" shapes, hence the "double you" phonetics. Modern typesetters, then typewritters (and thence computers) changed the appearance of the letter. Why? Originally, probably to save costs/effort in making the mobil type used by the typesetters. hope that helps... ;-)
Why is a w called a double U and not a double V?
English uses the Latin alphabet of the Romans. However, this had no letter suitable for representing the phoneme /w/ which was used in Old English, though phonetically the sound represented by /v/ was quite close. In the 7th century scribes wrote uu for /w/; later they used the runic symbols known as wynn. European scribes had continued to write uu, and this usage returned to England with the Norman Conquest in 1066. Early printers sometimes used vv for lack of a w in their type. The name double-u recalls the former identity of u and v, which is also evident in a number of cognate words (flour/flower, guard/ward, suede/Swede, etc.).(Oxford Companion to the English Language)
