On 2017-07-18, Steve D'Aprano <[email protected]> wrote:
> (I don't think any native English words use a double-V or double-U, but the
> possibility exists.)
double-v:
flivver, navvy, bivvy, bevvy, trivvet, divvy, skivvy, skivvies,
etc. and various gerund and past tense verbs: revved, revving,
chivved chivving
double-u:
vacuum, continuum, squush, fortuuned
> That's neither better nor worse than the system used by English and French,
> where letters with dicritics are not distinct letters, but guides to
> pronunciation. Neither system is right or wrong, or better than the other.
You'll get kicked off Usenet for having an attitude like that!
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