Was "w" written with smoother curves back then?
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1As Elliott has already answered that U and V were the same in Latin, I'll just add that the French went the other way after the split: they do pronounce 'W' as double-V. – etheranger May 14 '14 at 23:39
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No. The letter "u" was written like a "v".
From here,
Roman alphabet for Latin
The Romans used just 23 letters to write Latin:
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