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Could be that but more likely the use of "v" for "'w" was common for inscribed, formal or monumental writing. It was a hearkening back to that latin which has no "w". In Toronto the Postal Building is inscribed Postal "Bvilding"................Rory -----Original Message----- From: Lena A Löfström <lal@algonet.se> To: sinclair@mids.org <sinclair@mids.org> Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 6:00 AM Subject: Re: Motto > > >Gerald Gibbons wrote: >> >> 'Commit thy verk to God' ". >> Yes, it is spelled verk and not work! >> Gerald Gibbons >> > >Interesting! Verk is a Swedish word (or Scandinavian if you want) and >can very well be used as a synonym for work. > >Maybe a "leftover" from the norsemen? > >Best regards >Lena >[ This is the Sinclair family discussion list, sinclair@mids.org >[ To get off or on the list, see http://www.mids.org/sinclair/list.html > [ This is the Sinclair family discussion list, sinclair@mids.org [ To get off or on the list, see http://www.mids.org/sinclair/list.html