Kids Logic
My 6 year old daughter, we're sat doing her bit of homework for the week when she pipes up...

Her : "Dad, Why is it called a 'Double-U' when it looks more like a 'Double-V'?"
Me : "well... ermm.. because.. ermm...."

I had no reply, she was totally right. I didn't have an answer. She pointed out the massive flaw in the english language.

It's great seeing kids as they apply their logic and discover the world, seeing things from a fresh and new perspective *wipes tear from eye*
(TheManofScience, Thu 25 Nov 2010, 12:56, 6 replies)

is it because
the letter U used to be shaped like a v .

That's the answer I'll give when I'm asked by my boy.
( bane, Thu 25 Nov 2010, 13:02, closed)

to which he'll reply, after a moments thought...
"So what shape was a V?"
(bblgoose, Thu 25 Nov 2010, 13:17, closed)

"Vs weren't invented until 1927, when Volvo made their first car, the Volvo ÖV 4.
People strugged to say 'the Uoluo ÖU 4', so a new letter was invented, which looked like half a W, but since the single-U already existed they called it a V."
Trufax.
(Paolo Nutini's Bikini Better than Frederick Fleet's optometrist, Thu 25 Nov 2010, 13:26, closed)

Hahahahaha
Except for Queen Victoria, and all that.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 25 Nov 2010, 14:47, closed)

Damn cunning these children
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( bane, Thu 25 Nov 2010, 13:29, closed)

This should help explain it
www.logolalia.com/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/archives/002063.html
(Little Animal Disaster isn't finishing what he started, Thu 25 Nov 2010, 14:22, closed)