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Просматриваю словарь "I Write Like" (список слов из книжек 52 авторов)
и постоянно натыкаюсь на непонятные "V.." вместо "U.." в начале слов:
VPON, VNBOUNDED и т.п. Поискал автора этих слов — Шекспир. Сначала
подумал, что OCR у Project Gutenberg кривой, U распознавал как V. А
оказалось, что эта одна и та же буква была до середины 16 века! В
середине слов она писалась как "u" (have -> haue), а в начале слов —
как "v" (upon -> vpon).

Википедия:

"During the Late Middle Ages, two forms of ‹v› developed, which were
both used for its ancestor ‹u› and modern ‹v›. The pointed form ‹v›
was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form ‹u› was
used in the middle or end, regardless of sound. So whereas valor and
excuse appeared as in modern printing, have and upon were printed
‹haue› and ‹vpon›. The first distinction between the letters ‹u› and
‹v› is recorded in a Gothic alphabet from 1386, where ‹v› preceded
‹u›. By the mid-16th century, the ‹v› form was used to represent the
consonant and ‹u› the vowel sound, giving us the modern letter ‹u›.
Capital ‹U› was not accepted as a distinct letter until many years
later."

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V )

Век живи, век программируй.

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Вот такую хреновину в магазине видел

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Эротичная солонка

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Сникерс колач

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Самый крутой игровой автомат

Вытащи пачку сигарет

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Я хочу такие очки

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Или попробовать айфон вверх ногами подержать?

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Монца рулит

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Пиво!

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Из свежей книжки Хокинга

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Обратная сторона макбука

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Стив, возьми меня бета-тестером хардвара!


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"A quarter of your classmates didn’t finish high school, discouraged and defeated; but they didn’t leave the planet, even if you don’t run into them in the gated community you will be tempted to hide out in. They have to eat just like you, and they aren’t equipped to do their share of the work, so you will have to support them."

Michael O'Hare

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