Clever Scribes

 

 

The scribes’ invention to distinguish U and V in manuscripts : replace u  with o

 The vowel in these words is pronounced like the <u> in butter, fun, summer…

 

 

above	among	another	brother	colour
come	comfort(able)	company	cover	does
done	dove	dozen	front	glove
govern(ment)	honey	London	love	Monday
money	monk	monkey	month	mother
nothing	once	one	onion	other
oven	shove	shovel	smother	some
son	sponge	stomach	ton	tongue
won	wonder(ful)