I have seen this on some of the building engravings indicating the name of the building. Not all of them are like this but there are several that I have seen that are. I am curious to know what it means or why it is like that.
2006-09-17 04:31:34 · 5 answers · asked by 4mika 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
V is the roman numeral for 5, but it also represents the letter "U" from the alphabet's development from its earliest roots.
"In the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, the "v" form was used to represent the consonant, and "u" the vowel sound, giving us the modern letter "u". Capital "U" appeared at this time; previously, V was used in all cases."
2006-09-17 04:42:57 · answer #1 · answered by DrB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually it is for the Roman Number "5" - but there were some buildings during WW2 that had it put on to mean "victory" - there may be other reason's as well. Could be a free-mason thing (and no I am not a conspiracy theorist nut job).
2006-09-17 11:35:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
V is the roman numeral for 10 it sounds like it is part of a date
2006-09-17 11:34:13 · answer #3 · answered by blzabobb 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually "V" stands for the #5 in Roman numerals.
"X" stands for ten.
2006-09-17 11:35:07 · answer #4 · answered by Nep-Tunes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
~~~Roman numeral # 5 ~~~
2006-09-17 11:40:13 · answer #5 · answered by ~~Penny~~ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋