Why does the name of the letter W start with the sound of the letter D, but the other letters in the alphabet start with the same sound as their letters?
Answer requested by Tom FrasierThe name of the letter ‘W’ is /ˈdʌbl̩.juː/ because it is a mix of the pronunciation of the word ‘double’ and the English name of the letter ‘u’. The name of the letter ‘W’ is a shortened version of the two pronunciations put together.Other letters don’t start with the name of their letters, let’s go through the English alphabet.A/a: /eɪ/, it begins with the ‘long’ form of the letter.B/b: /biː/, it begins with the voiceless bilabial stop so we can conclude it starts with the sound the letter ‘b’ represents.C/c: /siː/, the letter ‘c’ begins with a sound it represents. The letter ‘c’ represents /k/, /s/ and /tʃ/D/d: /diː/, it begins with the sound the letter ‘d’ represents.E/e: /iː/, the pronunciation of the letter’s name is represented by the letter so the letter’s name represents the letter.F/f: /ɛf/, the letter name doesn’t begin with a sound the letter represents.G/g: /dʒiː/, its name begins with a sound it represents.H/h: /eɪtʃ/, since its silent it begins with a sound it represents (an incorrect pronunciation of the letter’s name is heɪtʃ and the rule applies).I/i: /aɪ/, it begins with the ‘long’ form of the letter.J/j: /dʒeɪ/, it begins with a sound it represents.K/k: /keɪ/, it begins with a sound it represents.L/l: /ɛl/, it doesn’t begin with a sound it represents.M/m: /ɛm/, it doesn’t begin with a sound it represents.N/n: /ɛn/, it doesn’t begin with a sound it represents.O/o: /əʊ/ or /oʊ/, its name consists of a sound it represents.P/p: /piː/, it begins with a sound it represents.Q/q: /kjuː/, it partially begins with a sound it represents.R/r: /ɑː/ (RP), /ɑɹ/ (GAE), /ɔɹ/ (Ireland) and /ˈɑɹə/ (AAVE), it doesn’t begin with a sound it represents.S/s: /ɛs/, it doesn’t begin with a sound it represents.T/t: /tiː/, it begins with a sound it represents.U/u: /juː/, its name sorta begins with a sound it represents.V/v: /viː/, its name begins with a sound it represents.W/w: answeredX: /ɛks/, its name doesn’t begin with a sound it represents.Y/y: /��waɪ/, its name doesn’t begin with a sound it represents.Z/z: /ziː/ or /zɛd/, its name begins with a sound it represents.
What emotions start with the letter u and which ones start with the letter v?
hmm Emotions that start with V: vicious, vacant, vulnerable, violent, verbal, vivid, victorious, vibrant ---- Emotions that start with U: unkind, uncaring, useless, upset, unappreciated, uncomfortable, ugly, unbearable, uneasy, unforgiving, unfortunate, uplifted,
What names of animals in spanish that starts with letter LL, Q, W, X, and Y?
Most of these animals are very weird, only llama, yarará, yacaré, yaguareté, yegua and quijotillo are "normal" spanish animals.. the other are not well-known LL: Llama - Llaca (a sort of weird rodent) Y: Yegua (Mare) Yarará (A kind of snake) - Yak (A sort of bison) - Yacaré (Alligator) - Yaguareté (A sort of jaguar) Q: Quirquincho (A sort of armadillo) - Quetzal (A bird) - Quijotillo (A bug) W: Weta (A sort of locust) - Wombat (A sort of koala) - Wapití (A sort of raindeer) - Walaby (Kangoroo) - Walapo (Don't know what it is) X: Xenopus (A blind frog) - Xifóforo (A fish) - Xoloescuintle (A dog)
I need to know every last name that starts with the letter V.?
The last name of this person i'm looking for seems to be european. I just dont know how to spell it. I know it starts with Van... and I know it has 15 to 17 letters in total
Did you know The name Jesus could not spelled in the original English alphabet?
The letters u and j, as distinct from v and i, were introduced in the sixteenth century, and w assumed the status of an independent letter, so that the English alphabet is now considered to consist of 26 letters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_alp... This an along with the translation and transliteration of the hebrew YahwehShua http://kahalyahweh.net/Articles/Origin-J...