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09-28-2016, 05:18 PM #1Historically Inquisitive
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Lost razor case, tortoise shell scales and silver eyes...
From The Pennsylvania Gazette, October 26, 1738.
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Tried looking up the definition of this word "Miflaid",, could not really get a clear answer. I guess it means stolen?
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09-28-2016, 05:39 PM #3Historically Inquisitive
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No it doesnt, the word is mislaid.In olde english that f is called a long s.
Originally Posted by Hirlau
Tried looking up the definition of this word "Miflaid",, could not really get a clear answer. I guess it means stolen?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s
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That's a crazy looking "S",,,,
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They used this style both in the Declaration and on the original continental currency - not sure where it came from but you can see they use that next to a regular cursive 's' in the word 'necessary'. Originally Posted by Hirlau
That's a crazy looking "S",,,,
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Yeah, I read a lot of facsimile editions of 17th century sermon collections that have the long s, v in place of U, I in place of J. After a page or two it becomes easy. Originally Posted by Martin103
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09-28-2016, 11:12 PM #7
That's easy. Language evolves over time. Try reading the Canterbury Tales in olde english.
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Or the Wycliffe Bible circa 1382 to 1395. Originally Posted by thebigspendur
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Hiralau,
Mislaid....an S back then looked like an F.... Look at the word Case it looks like the word Café...Freddie
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10-01-2016, 04:27 PM #10
Can we use the word aff for a donkey?
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