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U
U
the
twenty
-
first
letter
of
the
English
alphabet
, is a
cursive
form
of
the
letter
V,
with
which
it
was
formerly
used
interchangeably
,
both
letters
being
then
used
both
as
vowels
and
consonants
. U
and
V
are
now
,
however
,
differentiated
, U
being
used
only
as a
vowel
or
semivowel
,
and
V
only
as a
consonant
.
The
true
primary
vowel
sound
of U, in
Anglo
-
Saxon
,
was
the
sound
which
it
still
retains
in
most
of
the
languages
of
Europe
,
that
of
long
oo, as in
tool
,
and
short
oo, as in
wood
,
answering
to
the
French
ou in
tour
.
Etymologically
U is
most
closely
related
to o, y (
vowel
), w,
and
v; as in
two
,
duet
,
dyad
,
twice
;
top
,
tuft
;
sop
,
sup
;
auspice
,
aviary
.
See
V,
also
O
and
Y.
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