"VVorld VVide Shipping" said the ad, about ordering drugs online from
Canada...

En español, creo que "W" se llamada "doble ve".

(Amateur Spanish; apologies if it's wrong. ("llamada" = "called", I
trust...))

This reminds me about the history of the "backslash" (Reverse Solidus,
U=005C). Nothing like Googling...
<http://www.bobbemer.com/BACSLASH.HTM>
Bob Bemer is one of the less-well-known creative souls who had a
significant role in computer development.

For ref., the Unicode single characters are now U+2227 and U+2228.

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Nicholas Bodley /*|*\ Waltham, Mass.
The curious hermit -- autodidact and polymath
Freedom from hypocrisy is a very good idea.