Zaniax

Actually I inherited a full set of 8 books written in Gothic letters from my grand-grand pa, who bought it in 1897

Can you read Gothic letters ?

Box

That would be Great Grand Pa, wouldn't it?

Gothic letters, do you have to wear black, lots of eyeliner and have candles everywhere to read it?

Zaniax

BTW: I also got a 8 volume science lexica printed with modern letters - but a strange spelling - from almost the same period (Great grandpa, again - thanks, Box).
A very simple astronomy with no galaxies, no electronics, radios, atom physics, planes - and it's just a little more than 100 years old - can you imagine that ?

kcallahan

Yes, I can.

Have you ever looked thru a dictionary from 1900?

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TheFang

No, do you have one?

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Originally Posted by kcallahan

Yes, I can. Have you ever looked thru a dictionary from 1900?

That's actually what I'm talking about (lexica = dictionary)
I'm really astonished about what has happened within a century !

Can you imagine the next major progress ?

TheFang

Have words really gone that far off?

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spud42

its maps as well ever seen an old map of europe? a lot of countries dissapeared ..lol
have you ever tried to read the original Shakespear?

didnt they use f for a s in spelling?

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kcallahan

Doesn't everyone have to read original Shakepeare in school any more?

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Did I read it? No. What does that make me?

95% overall ASVAB score! :p

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kcallahan

An uneducated squid?

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spud42

lol.

dont they read a modernised version of shakespear?

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kcallahan

What's the fun in that?

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hstn

Ever see the Reduced Shakespeare Company?

Box

I performed with them a few years back in London, does that make me a reduced Sheik or a reduced Spear?