Quote Originally Posted by Noxifer View Post
xD point. Though in most Nordic countries, it's called "double-v", at least as far as I know ^_~ (And often counted as the same letter as V in dictionaries, phone books and the like ^^; Probably because there are very few words and/or names starting with W in the first place.)
Someone earlier mentioned that in welsh 'w' is pronounced as a 'u', for example Cwmry, the 'w' is an extended 'u' as in rude. Double 'v' makes some sense since 'v' is at least a consonant. However we are stuck with 'w' as is, I wonder whether we have the Welsh to thank for that.. sadly the real explanation for the name of that letter is boringly simple with 7th century scribes writing 'uu' for a 'w'. Early print sometimes used a 'vv' instead of a specific 'w' character. See? Not quite as much fun as the Welsh explanation...