2003-01-22 05:02:11, Marco Cimarosti
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marco.cimarosti@...> wrote:
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>with other archaisms, such as the use of all capitals and
"V" standing for "U".
Could some kind soul tell me (without doing research) where I
might find (online, very preferably) a specimen of text in
which "UU" literally represents a letter "W"? I once saw
such, but lost track.
Considering how universal the spoken name of the letter W is,
it would be a nice item to have. Nevertheless, in my limited
wandering around linguistic sites, I haven't found it again.
Such usage appears to be rare, although I could quite easily
be wrong.
Prof. Cathy Ball, of Georgetown U. (botth, iirc) might be
interested in Qalam, btw.
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