w on HackerTube: recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2021–2023.
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jan Misali traces the history of the letter W, including why it is called double u. The video is part of a series of deep dives into individual letters.
Recommended for readers who enjoy fascinating deep dives into the history of odd letters and the alphabet.
“If you're interested in fascinating deep dives into the history of a few odd letters”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
If you're interested in fascinating deep dives into the history of a few odd letters, the jan Misali channel on Youtube has a video on the letter W (which, along the way, covers F and Y) and another one on the letter C. w: ▶ this video c: [link]
in “Who Invented the Alphabet?” · View on HN
That is indeed why w is named "double u" in English (and "double v" in French. And why it's a vowel in Welsh. See more from jan Misali: ▶ this video
in “Type-safe, K-sortable, globally unique identifier inspired by Stripe IDs” · View on HN
Folks reading this thread would likely appreciate this video on the history of C: [link] It goes into a lot of these evolutionary stages. And the history of W: ▶ this video
in “New work sheds light on the Etruscans, who may have founded Rome” · View on HN