'W' is added to the Swedish language.

[NNadir]

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The letter 'W' has entered the mainstream of the Swedish language, getting its own section for the first time in the country's most respected dictionary.

While 'W' has long been a letter in its own right in other Nordic languages, Swedish linguists have always viewed it as a lesser sibling of the letter 'V,' as the two letters are pronounced identically in Swedish.

The few Swedish words that use 'W' have generally been borrowed from other languages — such as "watt," "walkie-talkie" and the "World Wide Web" — and have so far always been lumped under the 'V' section in dictionaries.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060423/ap_on_re_eu/sweden_language_change

Now if only we could subtract it from our language.

[Blue_Tires]

1. well played

[NNadir]

4. Hey, how about 'dem Mets?

Dem guy is not playing like a bunch a dubayas!

[Blue_Tires]

6. a great start, to be sure

[flamingyouth]

2. Damn, you beat me to this

:D

Vell, as a Svenska flicka, I don't know I feel about this. ;)

[Nailzberg]

3. It may now have it's own section in the dictionary...

but just like here, W is useless.

[Orsino]

5. They've known for a long time that W is useless...

...but have perhaps just come to realize how lethal it can be to ignore it.