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Love is a 5 letter word (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Who said that the word doesn't haue "u"?

Was that my Father that went hence so fast?
Ben. It was: what sadnes lengthens Romeo's houres?
Ro. Not hauing that, which hauing, makes them short
Ben. In loue.
Romeo. Out.
Ben. Of loue.
Rom. Out of her fauour where I am in loue.
Ben. Alas that loue so gentle in his view,

Romeo and Juliet, foglio I, around verse 170

...good enough for Shakespeare, good enough for me. No need for a fifth letter!

I'm half-joking with the above, but the word did use to be spelled with "U" instead of "V". Past then both were taken as the same letter. [/trivia]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

This is why 'double u' in French is 'Double v'

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

‘u’ was the lowercase form, ‘V’ was the uppercase form

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

It was both case and position: for uppercase you'd use ⟨V⟩, for initial lowercase ⟨v⟩, else ⟨u⟩. For example, check "view" in the last line of the excerpt.