Petition to stop using the awkward name "double-u" for w and call it "wynn", after the letter ƿ that used to represent that sound in Old English
We can still use the letter w instead of ƿ, because ƿ looks a lot like a p and anyway changing letters is harder than changing names for letters, let's just call it something one-syllable like literally every other letter in the english alphabet
@Doggo the name double-u comes from before u and v split into distinct letters, and w is sometimes written something similar to ɯ or ω in handwriting anyway, which is closer to uu. It actually originated, I think, as a ligature of two u/v glyphs, anyway
@Felthry oooh! Cool never knew that :D
@Felthry That is actually kind of awesome.
@zetasyanthis wynn is such a good name compared to double-u anyway
@Felthry oooh I like the sound of that name too? It might be easier for non native English speakers to pick up?
Plus a w looks noting like two u’s together, more like two Vs? :P
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