Some authorities once considered the RR (erre doble), which isn't pronounced the same as R, as as a separate letter. The y used to be known as the i griega ("Greek y") to distinguish it from the i or i latina ("Latin i"). Another change promulgated in 2010 involved the names for b and v, which were pronounced be and ve — in other words, identically, since the b and v are pronounced alike. So various ways of distinguishing between the letters were developed, and chances are you'll still hear them used. For example, sometimes B is referred to as be grande ("big B") and the V as ve chica ("little V"). U is sometimes topped with a dieresis or umlaut, as in vergüenza. |