w is such a badly named letter, why did we have to get rid of ƿ

@Felthry In English it really is.

(But then in Dutch both names I know for "y" translates to "Greek {ij/ei}"

@Felthry spelled out it's "wee", which is pronounced as "way" in English except that we use a different sound for w. (using whatever linguistics-speak is for "upper teeth against lower lip" rather than the sort of modified o from English. It basically gets rid of a sort of h sounds that you get with an "English" w)

You probably know that part better than I do though. ^^;
(I looked at IPA earlier today and it looks awfully difficult help.)

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@BatElite also i'll happily help with IPA stuff! it's really neat and useful and not as complicated as it looks

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