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Several hundred years ago the letter u did look like the letter v. It was traditional to use the older letter styles on courthouses, city halls, state capitols. We use modern lettering now and do not put the older letters on the modern, newer government buildings.
The V is much easier to cut into the stone then the curved U. It was a sort of short cut for the stone masons and the tradition has been carried on through the ages. With today's sandblasting methods, it is much easier to do all the shapes.
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What word can be spelled with p e i o i s t v?
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just v cause
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