They’re a big fan of the 2015 horror movie The VVitch.
Or maybe there’s some kind of V fixation among chuds, because I’ve never understood why RETVRN is spelled like that. Is it another Roman empire fetish thing?
Historically (prior to the 18th century), V and U weren’t considered separate letters—they were variants of the same letter. In lower-case text, v was the initial, and u was medial ; thus, what we would now spell as “ upon,” they would have written “ vpon,” and what we would now spell as “ have,” they would have written “ haue.” This is also why the letter w is called “ double-u ” in English. In upper-case text, however, V was generally used regardless of position, which gives us RETVRN. The Romans did write like this as well, and that’s specifically what the meme is emulating, rather than a more general historical trend. The reason it’s all in upper-case writing is because many Roman inscriptions were written before lower-case letters were invented.
They’re a big fan of the 2015 horror movie The VVitch.
Or maybe there’s some kind of V fixation among chuds, because I’ve never understood why RETVRN is spelled like that. Is it another Roman empire fetish thing?
It’s supposed to look like the Roman alphabet, so yes
Historically (prior to the 18th century), V and U weren’t considered separate letters—they were variants of the same letter. In lower-case text, v was the initial, and u was medial ; thus, what we would now spell as “ upon,” they would have written “ vpon,” and what we would now spell as “ have,” they would have written “ haue.” This is also why the letter w is called “ double-u ” in English. In upper-case text, however, V was generally used regardless of position, which gives us RETVRN. The Romans did write like this as well, and that’s specifically what the meme is emulating, rather than a more general historical trend. The reason it’s all in upper-case writing is because many Roman inscriptions were written before lower-case letters were invented.
I thought it was Celtic with the runes. There’s no reason it couldn’t be Roman. I bet the people who use it might not be sure