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FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s fvcked up, man

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• Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Romans used the letter V to transcribe the sound U, then they chamged that later and now we have both V ans U

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  • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I am referring to the picture.

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    • Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh yeah, right

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  • Gsus4@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So where did the “v” sound come from?

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    • Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The sound V was already present, they used the letter V with both sounds (if i am not wrong)

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• Klear@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can, but Romans couldn’t.

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• BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well, now I don’t want to.

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well… fuck.

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