The Letter U

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This feature is all about U. Not ewe, and not you. ;-)

If unable to answer a question, you are encouraged to click the link of the article and search for answers there.

U

1) What Phoenician letter gave birth to our letter U?

2) Between which set of a hundred years did the Greek adopt the same Phoenician letter?

3) The Greeks used the same Phoenician letter for the vowel U sound and for the F sound.  What are these 2 Greek letters?

4) What were the 2 sounds to the capital V were used by the Romans?

5) What are the 2 forms of the U in the Medieval period? 


6) In relation to #5, what one sound do they both make?


Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


U-knighted we stand, d-vided we fall ;-)


:-( -> :-| -> :-)

DL
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