▲ 430 ▼ aleph (quokk.au) submitted 11 months ago by Deceptichum to c/historymemes@piefed.social 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago (2 children) But how did the V become a U? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* Pronunciation evolution differentiated U and V more and people started differentiating that with an extra sign. As in, the Roman V was pronounced kinda like both and not like today's V - the Roman symbol V is not the modern letter V. You may notice that modern media about ancient Rome have been making Vs sound more like Us. permalink fedilink source parent [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago It looks like V became U, V, & W permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* Pronunciation evolution differentiated U and V more and people started differentiating that with an extra sign. As in, the Roman V was pronounced kinda like both and not like today's V - the Roman symbol V is not the modern letter V. You may notice that modern media about ancient Rome have been making Vs sound more like Us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago It looks like V became U, V, & W permalink fedilink source parent
