which letter is called "be corta," "v" or "b"?
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A recent article in El País talked about renaming the "be corta" "uve." What is the usual form of "be corta," "b" or "v"?
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updated Nov 2, 2014
posted by cf_mielke
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Hello and welcome to the forum.
Here's the official word:
La denominación “be alta o larga” para referirse a la “b” o “ve baja” para la “v” se sustituirá obligatoriamente por la nomenclatura “be” para la “b” y “uve” para la “v”, algo común en España, pero no en América latina.
updated Nov 2, 2014
posted by --Mariana--
Fantastic! I learned "ve" and "uve" in Spain and can't make myself understood in Mexico! - rob-andi, Nov 2, 2014
Our family name is Overton and everybody mis-spells it as "Obertón" because that's what the spelling rules say to do. We don't mind the accent on the "o", but the "b" bothers us. - rob-andi, Nov 2, 2014
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Simply look at the written (in lower case) letters. Which would you guess to be the "short"/"low" one?
updated Nov 9, 2010
posted by samdie
