In addition to what the Treasury Department says, a major reason why a V would be used for U in an inscription cut in stone is that the angle of a V is a lot easier to chisel than the curve of a U. If you see Latin inscriptions on the Roman era buildings in Italy, you'll see the same convention. Christine Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer Information Services Librarian Conrad N. Hilton Library: http://www.ciachef.edu/admissions/about/library.asp The Culinary Institute of America 1946 Campus Drive Hyde Park, NY 12538 (845) 451-1322 fax (845) 451-1092 [log in to unmask] Learn more about The World's Premier Culinary College at www.ciachef.edu >>> "Bergeron, Paul" <[log in to unmask]> 03/01/06 3:47 PM >>> We get all kinds of interesting questions here at City Hall. (A piece of advice: think hard before including a municipal telephone listing that says "City Information.") Some of our old buildings -- I'm thinking of a bank right now -- have "Nashua" chiseled into their facades as in: NASHVA, instead of NASHUA. I've seen this practice quite a number of times. Anybody know why a "V" would have been used when the correct spelling called for a "U"? (A high school student is waiting for us to call back with an answer...if we can get one.) [And no bad-spelling, "Kansas City Chefs" kind of jokes, please. It's not Fryday, yet.) Paul R. Bergeron City Clerk 229 Main Street Nashua, NH 03060 Telephone: 603/589-3010 Fax: 603/589-3029 http://www.gonashua.com/ A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>