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What the FVCK is calculus? (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Romans used the letter V to transcribe the sound U, then they changed that during the renaissanceand now we have both V and U.
The title is a joke about that

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am referring to the picture.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah, right

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So where did the "v" sound come from?

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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