if i must...sigh

English uses the Latin alphabet of the Romans. However, this had no letter suitable for representing the phoneme /w/ which was used in Old English, though phonetically the sound represented by /v/ was quite close. In the 7th century scribes wrote uu for /w/; later they used the runic symbols known as wynn. European scribes had continued to write uu, and this usage returned to England with the Norman Conquest in 1066. Early printers sometimes used vv for lack of a w in their type. The name double-u recalls the former identity of u and v, which is also evident in a number of cognate words (flour/flower, guard/ward, suede/Swede, etc.)

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Posted By: Stoopish on September 14th 2005 at 23:04:39

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FAO: The cleverestest person on the board (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 14, 22:59:04
- Are you in Germany ? :) (n/m) (General Chat) - oh arr, Sep 15, 01:44:24
- And why (General Chat) - Pragmatist, Sep 14, 23:15:34
  - exactly (General Chat) - Dave in France, Sep 14, 23:29:09
  - That used to wind me up (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 14, 23:19:00
  - Eye owe you. See? (n/m) (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Sep 14, 23:18:40
- As far as I know (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Sep 14, 23:15:11
- if i must...sigh (General Chat) - Stoopish, Sep 14, 23:04:39
  - Salve rex (n/m) (General Chat) - Pragmatist, Sep 14, 23:16:37
  - Stoopish (General Chat) - Pragmatist, Sep 14, 23:16:18
    - on? :o) (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Sep 14, 23:17:35
      - Language derivatives (General Chat) - Pragmatist, Sep 14, 23:24:41
        
        i'm honoured. (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Sep 14, 23:30:57
  - Fanbloodytastic (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 14, 23:07:33
    - not a problem Tomblander sir. (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Sep 14, 23:08:18
  - which is really what clanky said too.. (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 14, 23:05:42
    - im the cleverest person on the board (General Chat) - Stoopish, Sep 14, 23:06:04
      - You give it up too easy. Savour it a while. Then confess, if you must. (n/m) (General Chat) - The Tudster, Sep 14, 23:09:15
- because in olden script and u was written V ( go to (General Chat) - clankycanary, Sep 14, 23:00:44
  - So Medieval grafitti went a bit like this? (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 14, 23:03:42
    - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - clankycanary, Sep 14, 23:05:36
- which is what it is in french (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 14, 22:59:42
  - Granted but that doesn't explain it (n/m) (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 14, 23:00:27
    - this might make things clearer (General Chat) - Dave in France, Sep 14, 23:07:36
      - Now that really is helpful (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 14, 23:10:33
        
        it's rather relaxing though.. (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 14, 23:12:58
        
        i often have epiphanies (General Chat) - Dave in France, Sep 14, 23:21:40
        
        thassa good 'un (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 14, 23:24:51
        
        languages is a science (General Chat) - Dave in France, Sep 14, 23:36:13
        
        I found it very illuminating (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 14, 23:16:46
    - Sorry (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 14, 23:01:45
      - only if we're operating some sort of inverse cleverness scale (General Chat) - camcan, Sep 14, 23:02:28
        
        Not at all (General Chat) - Tomblander, Sep 14, 23:05:34
      - oops (n/m) (General Chat) - clankycanary, Sep 14, 23:02:27

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