Or maybe there's some kind of V fixation among chuds, because I've never understood why RETVRN is spelled like that. Is it another Roman empire fetish thing?

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

It's supposed to look like the Roman alphabet, so yes

[–] Alice196498@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago

Historically (prior to the 18th century), V and U weren’t considered separate letters—they were variants of the same letter. In lower-case text, v was the initial, and u was medial ; thus, what we would now spell as “ upon,” they would have written “ vpon,” and what we would now spell as “ have,” they would have written “ haue.” This is also why the letter w is called “ double-u ” in English. In upper-case text, however, V was generally used regardless of position, which gives us RETVRN. The Romans did write like this as well, and that’s specifically what the meme is emulating, rather than a more general historical trend. The reason it’s all in upper-case writing is because many Roman inscriptions were written before lower-case letters were invented.

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

I thought it was Celtic with the runes. There's no reason it couldn't be Roman. I bet the people who use it might not be sure