Thread: French Hones

It's indeed a little dropped out, but still understandable by every french people

Like in your example Neil "nourriffoient" & "difoit-il" is now "nourrissaient" & "disait-il". Your exemple is from the late 1700 isn't it ?

I think that "ne pas user" was in use till the 1950, then perhaps less. It's not shocking anyway.

YOu are right, Thaeris - first is from 1731, second from 1789.

Regards,
Neil

Yeah it is correct French but I haven't seen/heard it used in my lifetime outside of idiomatic expressions... ce n'est plus vraiment usité

Originally Posted by Thaeris

Like in your example Neil "nourriffoient" & "difoit-il" is now "nourrissaient" & "disait-il". Your exemple is from the late 1700 isn't it ?

I don't agree with you about the f's and s's. In ancient writings the f's and s's look quite similar but are different. Just look at the way the f is written in the word folie.

I used the "f" because the exact form of the antic "s" in the middle of words is no longer available.

On the other hand, you can see that the "s" placed at the end of words is of normal form.



I don't know however if there were a difference of pronunciation, still it is an interesting clue to help with the datation of vintage french documents.

Originally Posted by Thaeris

I used the "f" because the exact form of the antic "s" in the middle of words is no longer available.

On the other hand, you can see that the "s" placed at the end of words is of normal form.

By the way it is not the letter F, its called a long S, it is not only from old french writtings but also english, Italian, spanish and more.
If you look it up every language has a set of rules about the uses of the long S. For example im posting 2 images of the rules for the Long S in french and in English.


I don't know however if there were a difference of pronunciation, still it is an interesting clue to help with the datation of vintage french documents.[/QUOTE]

Has anybody seen a complete label similar to this one? It’s a hard fine natural stone. Possibly French.
Mike





saw cuts too..