Category:W

Defn: w, the twenty-third letter of the english alphabet, is usually A consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element Of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and Its name from the repetition of a v, this being the original form of The roman capital letter which we call u. Etymologically it is most Related to v and u. See v, and u. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in london, confuse w and v, substituting the one For the other, as weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine, And vine for wine, etc. See guide to pronunciation, §§ 266-268.