Why is it called a double U?
Why is it called a double U? A: The name of the 23rd letter of the English alphabet is “double u” because it was originally written that way in Anglo-Saxon times. As the Oxford English Dictionary explains it, the ancient Roman alphabet did not have a letter “w.”
Is Z pronounced zee or zed?
Zee is the American way of saying the letter z. Zed is the British way. Neither is right or wrong, and nobody is ignorant for pronouncing z the way they do. The zed pronunciation is older, and it more closely resembles the Greek letter, zeta, from which the English letter is derived.
How do you spell F?
How do British people say W?
W is pronounced with rounded lips in British English. In many languages, whenever the letter “w” is seen, the speaker pronounces it similarly to “v” (this is the case in German, for example), with the top teeth on the lower lip. However, in English, “w” is pronounced more like a vowel, with a lot of energy behind it.
