"What do you want?" "I don't know, let's ask him."
"I told you to answer the phone!" "Sorry, L, I thought you meant U."
"Did anyone see U on the way?" "No, I was very careful."
And then they laughed. So U laughed too, even if he had to force himself. Sure, I had a rough time of things sometimes, as did Y - and even others, but U really had the raw end of the deal. But in his heart of hearts he knew that he was more than a vowel that could be pronounced to misinterpret an English sentences.
One day he would show them! U had ambitions! There's no U in Team. One day, he would be M for Major!