5HC and the letter of the day, alone or in pairs
The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 16 Apr 2002
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Michael Andre-Driussi — 16 Apr 2002, 13:38

Alga quoted John Barach and responded:

> > Speaking of which, is there some significance to "Marsch"?  I note that
> > John Eastwind and John Sandwalker in "A Story" are named after
> > circumstances connected with their birth.  And what is John V. Marsch's
> > middle name?

> Well, Victor. But V is also the Roman 5.

Roman V, as well as being a numeral, was also the vowel "u."

For French-speaking citizens of the double planets, W (as in Wolfe) is
double-v.

For English-speaking citizens of the twin planets, W is double-you.

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