[OT] U vs V (was ThizLinux on VBuddie.. The Story so far)

[Harish Pillay]

> >Probably because it's called the U-Buddie.  8-)
> 
> Mystery solved.. http://www.ecsusa.com/products/uBuddie.html
> 
> For some reason the romans also think V is U.

That is because of a very simple reason - have you tried chisling curves?
When all you can do to write is to chisel letters, it is very difficult 
to do curves.  Straight is trivial.  That is why you see very few curvy 
letters other than a C and O (looking like < and <> respectively) and all 
Us are Vs.

And on a unrelated, tangential, inconsequential, no big deal note, have 
you every wondered why some of the ancient languages are written right 
to left (like Jawi, Arabic, Hebrew etc)?  It has to do with the scribe 
having to chisel the text but being right handed, he (it's always a he
rarely ever a she) holds the hammer with his right hand and chisel with 
his left.  And as he carves out his masterpiece, the easiest way to read 
what he was doing is, if ,the text went from right to left - if it was the
otherway around, his chisel would be blocking the letter.  Now, if there
were more southpaws, the story would have been different.

Harish "not a southpaw" Pillay -  and a happy new year to all!