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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Letters of the alphabet zmjezhd #171914 12/06/07 06:13 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra OP addict OP Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Why do old texts use an i for a j and a v for a u (and a y for an i sometimes)? Are j and u recent innovations? Was the pronunciation any different? Quote: It may be that the feeling at the time was that j was a different form of the letter i Kind of like c and ç? Last edited by Hydra; 12/06/07 06:23 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Letters of the alphabet Hydra 12/06/07 04:57 AM Re: Letters of the alphabet zmjezhd 12/06/07 05:50 AM Re: Letters of the alphabet Hydra 12/06/07 06:11 AM Re: Letters of the alphabet dalehileman 12/06/07 04:51 PM Re: Letters of the alphabet zmjezhd 12/06/07 04:59 PM Re: Letters of the alphabet Hydra 12/06/07 06:13 PM Re: Letters of the alphabet zmjezhd 12/06/07 06:53 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,991 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,143 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 16 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,956 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,954 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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