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To: eyedigress

She adds this: this shows how vv became the letter w!!!

I’m not going to brag about her credentials , that’s not what’s most important to me; believe me, she has them.


28 posted on 07/11/2026 7:52:29 AM PDT by sopo
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To: eyedigress

Yes like a double v because they didn’t have the letter for the sound W in William and V in latin could be ambiguous (w like in veni vidi vici or u like the vowel). W was to signify Germanic sound w like in veni.


29 posted on 07/11/2026 6:05:47 PM PDT by sopo
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