Comments | anonymousless: Renaming the letter W

anonymousless

Renaming the letter W

Feb 11, 2004 22:04

Of all the letters in the English (and many Romance) languages, the letter W is perhaps one of the strangest. With all other letters, the name of the letter can be pronounced by combining the sound of the letter with a vowel sound ( Read more... )

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hellhunter February 11 2004, 22:57:32 UTC

Wow, that's totally logical.

From here on out I'll say "Wee" !

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Re: Question anonymousless February 18 2004, 17:46:35 UTC

It means that once you get to DLI, you will on average have to wait 1 month doing casuals (clean-up, filing paperwork, other odd jobs) until your language class will actually begin. This is oppossed to the 4 odd months or so it was taking for the people who got here at the same time I did. Of course, it can vary wildly, some people start class immediately after arriving, some have to wait several months. It all depends on what spots are available in whatever language you are assigned.

orangeblossom17 March 27 2004, 22:54:05 UTC

Wow. This sounds like the sort of thing I ponder every once in a while.

Why not make W's new name "Wha"? The letter itself makes that sound in many of the words it's in.

Christina