Via Chris Hallbeck
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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]
‘u’ was the lowercase form, ‘V’ was the uppercase form
They have no necks
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.