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From ‘vacsaín’ to ‘vuinsciú’ and some other Irish words that start with ‘v’ Posted by róislín on Sep 5, 2015
(le Róislín) From the English perspective, there’s nothing particularly unusual about words starting with the letter ‘v.’ After all, we can go from “vacancy” (casual, or otherwise, noted with homage to JKR) to “vyingly,” without batting a “fabhra” (eyelash). But the traditional Irish alphabet did not include the letter “v,” so most words you’ll find…