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}"
@BatElite what's w called in dutch?
@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.)
@BatElite also what you refer to with a sort of h sound might actually be a dialectal difference? our dialect (southern american english) still has a distinction between the words "whine" and "wine", but the majority of english dialects no longer do
@Felthry I mean like, *before* you properly make the w sound. It's maybe hard to explain. :<
