THE VIDEO SHELF · history of the alphabet
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jan Misali traces the history of the letter W, including why it is called double u. The video is part of a series of deep dives into individual letters.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended for readers who enjoy fascinating deep dives into the history of odd letters and the alphabet.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- jan Misali
- Topic
- history of the alphabet
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Folks reading this thread would likely appreciate this video on the history of C: [LINK] It goes into a lot of these evolutionary stages. And the history of W: [VIDEO]
tdeck on Hacker News · 2021-09
In New work sheds light on the Etruscans, who may have founded RomeThat is indeed why w is named "double u" in English (and "double v" in French. And why it's a vowel in Welsh. See more from jan Misali: [VIDEO]
TRiG_Ireland on Hacker News · 2023-06
In Type-safe, K-sortable, globally unique identifier inspired by Stripe IDsIf you're interested in fascinating deep dives into the history of a few odd letters, the jan Misali channel on Youtube has a video on the letter W (which, along the way, covers F and Y) and another one on the letter C. w: [VIDEO] …
meatmanek on Hacker News · 2023-09
In Who Invented the Alphabet?
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