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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)
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∙ 11y agoIn France they wright the W with 2 shearp point in the down adges and its looks like the combination ofdouble V, but in british hand wrighting there is no shearp adges to the word W. So it looks like the combination of double U, and the english language is world known language, so the pronounciaton of W
takes from the british pronounciation. Hence the W pronounced like U.
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∙ 12y agoIt is called "Double 'U'" because cursive came before printing, and what happens when you write a 'W' in cursive? That's right; a double 'U."
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∙ 12y agobecause the English language is screwed up
I thought It came from the french. Dooble-vay. which means 2 "v's" which is what it looks like
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What are the meaning of U V W in Electrical?
Connection to these letters are U - L1, V - L2 and W - L
What alphabet letters are symmetry?
A, H, I, M, O,T, U, V, W, X, and Y. i,o,v,w,x
What capital letters look the same in the mirror?
AHIMOTUVWXY
How come the letter W is pronounced 'double U' when there is no relation?
The letter W is called a double-U because the Old English sound it represented (the 'w' sound) had no equivalent in the Latin/Roman Alphabet, the alphabet which is the basis for most of the current English alphabet. So, to represent this Old English sound, scribes in the 7th century used the two letters 'uu' to symbolise the Old English sound 'w'.However, in England itself, the runic letter called a 'wynn' (shaped like a P ) was the customary symbol for the 'w' sound, and the use of the 'wynn' symbol continued. In Europe, however they were still using the two letter form 'uu' right up until the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.With regard to the letter 'u' itself, there were two forms. This became especially evident when printing came into fashion, the pointed form 'v' being used at the beginning of words, and the cursive 'u' form being used in the middle or at the end of words, regardless of whether it actually represented the 'v' or the 'u' sound!In original Latin the 'v' form of the letter was usually reserved for carved inscriptions on stone, as it was easier to do. The 'u' form was for writing with a pen.In due course the runic letter-form of the 'wynn' was gradually dropped and replaced by the two letters 'uu' or by the totally joined up 'w', with the 'w' eventually becoming the standard symbol for the 'w' sound. However, the customary name 'a double-u' was retained, because this is what it originally was, a double u.For more information, see Related links below this box. It is all quite fascinating!AnswerUsers of French and Spanish possibly come a little closer with their pronunciation of 'W' to what might be expected simply by looking at the modern letter form. The letter 'V' is pronounced 'vay' the letter 'W' is pronounced 'dooble- vay' in both languages.AnswerCorrection to the above, regarding French and Spanish pronunciation. In French, it is pronounced doo-bluh-vay ("double-v"). Spanish is "uve-doble" (oo-vay dough-blay), which is also "double-v". There are variant pronunciations, as well (ve doble and doble ve: "vay dough-blay" and "dough-blay vay") but I never hear them; my teachers (including one from -Spain and one from Puerto Rico) invariably use uve doble.AnswerOne of the more obvious reasons for the "Double 'U'" name is that cursive became before printing. Can you figure out what happens when you write a W in cursive? You guessed it; a double 'U.'
What letter has one line of symmtry?
' A ', ' E ', ' M ', ' T ', ' U ', ' V ', ' W ', and ' Y ' have.
Why is a 'w' called a 'double U'?
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)
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 is W?
The W descends from the Latin V, which was originally used for the u,v and w sounds. Julius was written ivlivs. After the 11th Century writers began differentiating the sounds, using the round u form for u and the v form for v sounds.A little later the W appeared, made from two "V"s (called "U"s), for the consonant u sound at the beginning of a word and the vocalic u sound at the end of a syllable.
What are the meaning of U V W in Electrical?
Connection to these letters are U - L1, V - L2 and W - L
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... ;-)
If you is orthogonal to v and w then is u orthogonal to v plus w?
yes. not sure of the proof though.
Which day is following Tuesday that starts with the letter v?
I think its Wednesday. (V Vednesday) close the space between the two Vs and you have VV. In french W is called 'double V'
How do you say w in danish?
Dobbelve (double V)
Why is the western hockey league called the dub?
"Dub" is a nickname for the "W" (pronounced "double-U," hence--dub).
What letter can be a line of symmetry?
There are many letters with lines of symmetry. A, B, D, E, H, I, l, M, m, O, o, T, t, U, u, V, v, W, w, X, x, Y. A, B, D, E, H, I, l, M, m, O, o, T, t, U, u, V, v, W, w, X, x, Y.
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'.
How do you approximate the traveling salesman problem?
Given an un-directed fully connected graph (there is an edge between every two vertices) with a weight function that has the triangle inequality. I.e., if (u,v), (v,w), (u,w) in E then w(u,v) + w(v,w) >= w(u,w). Do:find a minimum spanning treesplit each edge in the tree into two edges. Since all the degrees in the new graph are even, there is an Euler cycle in the graph. Find it.Whenever you can, cut corners. I.e., if the Euler path goes: v --> u --> v --> w, change it to go: v --> u --> w. From the assumptions on the graph we can only gain from this and we are guaranteed that there an edge u --> w.Ratio from the optimum:Note that the optimum (opt) path costs at most the value of the MST (just take one edge off the opt and you get a spanning tree). Since our path is at most twice the cost of the spanning tree we have a ratio of x2.
