Close analysis on letters?

[ZHguy]

Hi,

Can the letter 'v' be yonic imagery.
In Sexton's 'Loving the Killer', there's a lot of v's.
The sound that the letter V gives, what's the significance of that?

[ennison]

No one seems to have responded. Perhaps no one was sure what you were asking. In the Gaelic alphabet we have no need of the letter v. I am uncertain just now if Pictish/ Ogham had that shape. Of course we have the sound in Gaelic.

[Eiseabhal]

Well Ogham had lines that looked like the letter v on its side. I don't think Ogham has yielded up its secrets

[ennison]

Here's a question for you Eiseabhal. What bastardised Ghaidhlig could RLS have been referring to in "Kidnapped" when he has a character use the word "nainsel". I can think of little that even the deafest of deaf Lowlanders could have turned into that.

[Eiseabhal]

I think it is a bastardisation of "mi fhein is ...."