▁Spanish ▁texts : ▁; ▁the ▁v ow els ▁take ▁around ▁ 4 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁text . ▁ ▁Altern ative ▁names ▁ ▁B ▁and ▁V ▁The ▁letters ▁ ▁and ▁ ▁were ▁originally ▁simply ▁known ▁as ▁ ▁and ▁, ▁which ▁in ▁modern ▁Spanish ▁are ▁pron ounced ▁ident ically . ▁In ▁Old ▁Spanish , ▁they ▁likely ▁represented ▁different ▁sounds ▁but ▁the ▁sounds ▁merged ▁later . ▁Their ▁usual ▁names ▁are ▁be ▁and ▁u ve ; ▁in ▁some ▁regions , ▁speak ers ▁may ▁instead ▁add ▁something ▁to ▁the ▁names ▁to ▁distinguish ▁them . ▁Some ▁Mex icans ▁and ▁most ▁Peru vi ans ▁generally ▁say ▁▁ ▁/ ▁ ▁(' big ▁B ' ▁/ ▁' l ittle ▁V '); ▁Argent ines , ▁Uruguay ans ▁and ▁Chile ans , ▁be ▁ ▁/ ▁ ▁(' long ▁B ' ▁/ ▁' short ▁V '). ▁ ▁Some ▁people ▁give ▁examples ▁of ▁words ▁sp elt ▁with ▁the ▁letter ; ▁e . g ., ▁b ▁de ▁ ▁/ ▁v ▁de ▁ ▁(' b ▁as ▁in ▁' ▁/ ▁' v ▁as ▁in ▁' ); ▁Colomb ians ▁tend ▁to ▁say ▁ ▁for ▁B ▁and ▁▁ ▁for ▁V . ▁In ▁Venezuela , ▁they ▁call ▁B ▁b ▁de ▁ ▁and ▁V ▁v ▁de ▁, ▁or ▁ ▁and ▁ ▁(' t all ▁B ' ▁/ ▁' short ▁V '). ▁Reg ard less ▁of ▁these ▁regional ▁differences , ▁all ▁Spanish - spe aking ▁people ▁recognize ▁be ▁as ▁the ▁official ▁name ▁of ▁B . ▁R ▁The ▁dig raph ▁ ▁is ▁sometimes ▁called ▁ ▁or ▁. ▁It ▁is ▁sometimes ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁name