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A Guessing Game (lemmy.zip)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Maven@lemmy.zip to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

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