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cynicalkanetoday at 12:32 AM1 replyview on HN

Maybe it's just me, but I've never met a German in real life who turned 'w's into 'v's. German has about a zillion vowel sounds and a sound like a 'w' shows up in words like 'Bauer'.


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ses1984today at 1:39 AM

It’s not about the sound being in the language. It most often happens with loan words that are spelled with a w but make a v sound.