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tfw 'v' and 'w' is pronounced the same in your language
Double v/u
Truly walking in the ways of the ancients 🙏
'w' seems to be an invention of the late middleages, though ... not sure how they pronounced 'v' back then in Germany and England, but evidently Germanic writers felt the need for a discinct letter.