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Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, Jemma said "my flabber had never been so gasted".

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Only the French (afaik, I'm not a polyglot) get it right, they call it 'double V'

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago

For most of the history of the Latin alphabet, there was no distinction between U and V.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 18 hours ago

And Finnish. And probably many many more since that's what it is.

[–] higgsboson@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago
[–] AlmightyDoorman@kbin.earth 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In germany it is called W, pronounced [veː], non of that doubl bullshit, just it's own letter.

[–] Part4@infosec.pub 2 points 17 hours ago

Yeah the double bullshit ruins the alphabet. It's much better to go ... T U V VE X Y Z.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

Just as in Hungarian, duplavé FTW

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

More like Double Eww amirite?