Why is W pronounced as "double u" in English and not "double v"?

Why is is W W pronounced pronounced as as "double "double u" u" in in English English and and not not "double "double v"?

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Why is W pronounced as "double u" in English and not "double v"?
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Why is W pronounced as double u in English and not double v? - My, Linguistics, Foreign languages, English language, Learning English, Philology
Why is W pronounced as double u in English and not double v? - My, Linguistics, Foreign languages, English language, Learning English, Philology
Why is W pronounced as double u in English and not double v? - My, Linguistics, Foreign languages, English language, Learning English, Philology
Why is W pronounced as double u in English and not double v? - My, Linguistics, Foreign languages, English language, Learning English, Philology
Why is W pronounced as double u in English and not double v? - My, Linguistics, Foreign languages, English language, Learning English, Philology


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