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minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·6 months agoThis is apparently why some modern words like love or come are spelled with an o instead of a u. The o is much easier to read when followed by a v, n, or m, so the scribes changed it sometimes and the spelling stuck.
minus-squareSLVRDRGN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months agoI’ll take this to be canon without protest.
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoIt’s called a scribal O and it is absolutely true.
minus-squareSLVRDRGN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoThanks, I just looked into this. Neat!
This is apparently why some modern words like love or come are spelled with an o instead of a u. The o is much easier to read when followed by a v, n, or m, so the scribes changed it sometimes and the spelling stuck.
I’ll take this to be canon without protest.
It’s called a scribal O and it is absolutely true.
Thanks, I just looked into this. Neat!