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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Even tho it's more like a double v. Always struck me as odd.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Afaik, comes from Latin that had no "U" and "V" was both vowel and consonant until some point in time.

[–] davepleasebehave 2 points 2 months ago

Bug is supposedly a Welsh origin word that is spelt bwg. and that's the limit of my knowledge