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So whereas valor and excuse appeared as in modern printing, have and upon were printed haue and vpon. Eventually, 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. v then preceded u in the alphabet, but the order has since reversed.\", \"forms\": [{\"form\": \"ues\", \"tags\": [\"plural\"]}], \"head_templates\": [{\"args\": {\"1\": \"ues\"}, \"expansion\": \"u (plural ues)\", \"name\": \"en-noun\"}], \"lang\": \"English\", \"lang_code\": \"en\", \"pos\": \"noun\", \"related\": [{\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"letter\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"a\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"bee\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"cee\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"dee\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"e\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"ef\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"gee\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"aitch\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"i\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"jay\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"kay\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"el\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"em\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"en\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"o\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"pee\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"cue\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"ar\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"ess\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"tee\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"vee\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"double-u\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"ex\"}, {\"tags\": [\"Latin\", \"letter-name\"], \"word\": \"wye\"}, 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{\"code\": \"mr\", \"lang\": \"Marathi\", \"roman\": \"yū\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"word\": \"यू\"}, {\"code\": \"oc\", \"lang\": \"Occitan\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"u\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"tags\": [\"neuter\"], \"word\": \"u\"}, {\"code\": \"pl\", \"lang\": \"Polish\", \"note\": \"u otwarte (when contrasted with \\\"ó\\\")\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"tags\": [\"neuter\"]}, {\"code\": \"pt\", \"lang\": \"Portuguese\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"u\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"ju\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"tags\": [\"English\", \"neuter\"], \"word\": \"ю\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"u\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"tags\": [\"neuter\"], \"word\": \"у\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"u\"}, {\"code\": \"th\", \"lang\": \"Thai\", \"roman\": \"yuu\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"word\": \"ยู\"}, {\"code\": \"tr\", \"lang\": \"Turkish\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"word\": \"u\"}, {\"code\": \"vi\", \"lang\": \"Vietnamese\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"word\": \"u\"}, {\"code\": \"cy\", \"lang\": \"Welsh\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"u\"}, {\"code\": \"cy\", \"lang\": \"Welsh\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"u bedol\"}, {\"code\": \"cy\", \"lang\": \"Welsh\", \"sense\": \"name of the letter U, u\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"u gwpan\"}], \"word\": \"u\"}",
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