U is the letter sacred to lazy and illiterate university students and faculty who are either unsure or incapable of pronouncing long words such as "university", and when rendered in a variety of bizarre fonts, it is also urban graffito shorthand nomenclature for the individual to whom the graffito user is addressing his remarks, as in "U R stupid 2".
Indeed, you can see for yourself what an integral part u plays in the word "stupid", although being an idiotic letter it obviously needs the close attention and saner guidance of t and p to tell it how to behave properly when forming that infamously under-used word.
One of the more moronic aspects of U is the fact that the upper and lower case versions of this cretinous letter are exactly the same, since the letter has not the wit nor imagination to adopt separate appearances for the different roles it must assume in sentences and phrases.
Some authorities may claim that U's resemble lucky horse shoes, but such views are the result of a foolishness that can only be exceeded by that of the tongue-lolling, drooling, vacant-faced letter itself.
And so, with that thought, we bid adieu to U.
I love the little "u" and the BIG "U". when i'm out there no polluting the environment on my bike, my 180 degree turns are a "u".
When masses of quantities must be purchased, I drive my fossil fuel spewing vehicle and make fast "U"-ies if I see a bargain on the opposite side of the boulevard.
It's complete. To do 2 forms of "u", that is.
Posted by: DarkoV | December 28, 2004 at 13:52
...and yeah what is it about our education system that students can't distinguish between "your" and "you're".
"Your Welcome". How many times have you seen this writeen!?!!??!?
No, that's not "my welcome", it's "your welcome". Since you're giving me the welcome...it's coming from you..it's your welcome...but you are truly saying YOU ARE WELCOME! Damn it, don't be so possesive about welcoming!
Sorry, I know you're discussing "U"; I just read your bit about "U R stupid 2" and slipped off the edge.
Posted by: DarkoV | December 28, 2004 at 13:58
Merde! I mis-wrote "written". Sorry. And here's your welcome. I even wrapped it with yesterday's discarded Christmas paper. No. No bow.
Posted by: DarkoV | December 28, 2004 at 14:01
Actually a little u has a tail just like a little a. P and p though are the same, except a little p goes under the line. Also, why do Americans prnounces 'u's as oos?
They sound so STOO-PID!
Posted by: Monjo | December 29, 2004 at 06:42
I agree. I learnt my pronunciation - and pretentious it may be - but I learnt my pronunciation from watching films with Lionel Barrymore in them, especially the silent ones.
Supposedly, American English is quite close to the way Elizabethan English would have sounded, but I don't know how true that is.
Good point about lower case u, but why give it the obnoxious little runt the benefit of the doubt?
Posted by: stephenesque | December 29, 2004 at 09:30
Pitcairn Island has a distinct brand of English dialect that harks back to the days of pirateering (18th century).
Apparantly, New Zealand is also slowly developing a weird brand of English dialect where all vowels are lost.
Posted by: Monjo | December 30, 2004 at 06:37