Excellent point, Christine (pun intended). Another reader said the same thing in an off list message to me and Paul yesterday evening. This is such an interesting list, you never know what you're going to hear and learn about. Thanks for posting! Maarja >>> Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer <[log in to unmask]> 3/2/2006 8:56:48 AM >>> 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]> 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]>