• Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Who said that the word doesn’t haue “u”?

    Was that my Father that went hence so fast?
    Ben. It was: what sadnes lengthens Romeo's houres?
    Ro. Not hauing that, which hauing, makes them short
    Ben. In loue.
    Romeo. Out.
    Ben. Of loue.
    Rom. Out of her fauour where I am in loue.
    Ben. Alas that loue so gentle in his view,
    

    Romeo and Juliet, foglio I, around verse 170

    …good enough for Shakespeare, good enough for me. No need for a fifth letter!


    I’m half-joking with the above, but the word did use to be spelled with “U” instead of “V”. Past then both were taken as the same letter. [/trivia]

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      9 months ago

      There’s a comic floating around that is drawn where one of the characters eyes float when they are not facing front. Normal eye, floating eye. Creepy.