On Tue, Jul 18, 2017, at 10:23, Anders Wegge Keller wrote: > På Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:59:33 +1000 > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> skrev: > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Steve D'Aprano > >> (I don't think any native English words use a double-V or double-U, but > >> the possibility exists.) > > > vacuum. > > That's latin.
Define "native" then. My interpretation of "native English words" is "anything you wouldn't have to put in italics to use in a sentence". Which would also include "continuum". As for double-v, a quick search through /usr/share/dict/words reveals "civvies", "divvy", "revved/revving", "savvy" and "skivvy", and various conjugations thereof. All following, more or less, the rule of using a double consonant after a short vowel in contexts where a single consonant would suggest the preceding vowel was long. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
