# Episode 161: Y U and I Have a Problem

An episode of [The History of English Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536), 31 Aug 2022, 1 h 15 min.

Audio: https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep161-Y-U-I.mp3

In this episode, we explore the complicated history of the letters Y, U and I, and we examine how they gave birth to the letters W, V and J. We also look at the Gothic script of the Middle Ages which influenced how those letters were used in English spelling. TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 161

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