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[โ€“] FelixCress@lemmy.world 76 points 2 days ago (4 children)

You can say "fuck" on the Internet ๐Ÿ™„

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 37 points 2 days ago

That's fvcked up, man

[โ€“] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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

[โ€“] FelixCress@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I am referring to the picture.

[โ€“] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 points 2 days ago

Oh yeah, right

[โ€“] Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So where did the "v" sound come from?

[โ€“] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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

[โ€“] Klear@quokk.au 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You can, but Romans couldn't.

[โ€“] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Tja@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago