The letter 'U'
Dontgonearthere
23-04-2005, 22:31
The letter 'U' is one of the 21 letters of the Latin alphabet adapted by the Romans from the 26 letter Etruscan alphabet. Originaly the letter U was a sort of capitolized J.
The letter U and the word 'you' have only one relation, in that the word contains the letter and sounds like it.
Typing 'u' in place of 'you' is not acceptable.
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Neo-Anarchists
23-04-2005, 22:35
The letter 'U' is one of the 21 letters of the Latin alphabet adapted by the Romans from the 26 letter Etruscan alphabet. Originaly the letter U was a sort of capitolized J.
The letter U and the word 'you' have only one relation, in that the word contains the letter and sounds like it.
Typing 'u' in place of 'you' is not acceptable.
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wut r u tlaking abuot?!??
:D
Nova Roma
23-04-2005, 22:46
Are you sure? I don't believe Latin had a U in it. In fact, there were no Js, U's, or Ws.
Are you sure? I don't believe Latin had a U in it. In fact, there were no Js, U's, or Ws.
No, Latin did have U in very occasionally, such as Odyseus was "Ulixes" and they pronounced "v"s as "w"s
Novvs Atlantis
23-04-2005, 23:01
No, I think he's right. Latin lacked the U, W, and J letters and instead replaced them with other vowel sounds.
U for example was replaced by V, but it was the context and the actual word which let you know which pronunciation to use. Veni, is not pronounced with a V, but with a W sound = Weni. However, Maximvs, would have the U sound after the second M.
Iztatepopotla
24-04-2005, 00:41
I'm glad someone invented the U. So useful.
Super-power
24-04-2005, 00:46
wut r u tlaking abuot?!??
:D
Correction:
wtu r u tlaking abuot???
Neo-Anarchists
24-04-2005, 01:00
Correction:
wtu r u tlaking abuot???
Aww, damn, I can't even spell misspelled AIMspeak correctly!
:p
New Dobbs Town
24-04-2005, 01:07
*snores*
New Granada
24-04-2005, 01:07
Are you sure? I don't believe Latin had a U in it. In fact, there were no Js, U's, or Ws.
The latin U is represented by what we now know of as V.
If you mean the J, indeed latin had no J. Note that Pope John Paul's latin name was IOANNUS PAULUS P.P. II.