The Letter V

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This feature is all about V. V-sitters may be my guests. ;-)

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

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1) Which Phoenician letter gave birth to our letter V?

2) How do you pronounce the Roman word VENI?

3) How do you pronounce the Roman word IVLIUS?

4) In the Medieval period, what are the two forms of the letter U that represented the "V" sound?

Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


V-sualize success!



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

DL
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"Y's-hood (wisehood ;-) is what Red wore instead because it helped her to be smart enough to figure out that it is foolish to wear a riding-hood while she's horseless in the woods."
--D.L.