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English is a living language, you can always try and revive it. It might give your resume a certain je ne sais qua ;)
by caf 15y ago
English is a living language, you can always try and revive it. It might give your resume a certain je ne sais qua ;)
- splicer 15y agos/qua/quoi/
- tesseract 15y agoſ/sais/ſais
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- eru 15y agoActually, my `we' meant the Germans. And not so much only the long-s, but also Fraktur. The Nazis banned Fraktur, probably because Hitler didn't like it, and we never re-introduced it. As an irony of history, for some people Fraktur now carries connotations of the Third Reich. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua-Fraktur_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua-Fraktur_dispute) I have a few old books in Fraktur. Faust and translations of Shakespeare's plays. P.S. For my resume, my name only has the wrong kind of s.
- teilo 15y agoI have a large number of old books in Fraktur (mostly Lutheran theology). I read so much more German in Fraktur that I find it easier to follow than the Latin script. It always amazes me that there are a good number of Germans who cannot read it at all. My wife (who also is well-versed in Fraktur, as well as the old German "saw-tooth" cursive) has had a number of German-speakers ask her to transcribe Fraktur to modern script. I mean, sure, it's different. Some of the capitals are especially strange, and there are a few more ligatures, but it's not that hard.
- coldarchon 15y agoEver watched both parts of "Die Nibelungen Saga" silent movie version from 1924 by Fritz Lang? After 4.5 hours reading these old letters you will hate them ..
- robertk 15y agoHey, we number theorists still use fraktur all the time! Prime ideals in Dedekind domains are usually denoted with fraktur letters.
- wyclif 15y agoSimilar story here: I have a lot of c.18 and older antiquarian theology texts that feature the long s. Most of mine are in English, though.
- ars 15y agoI agree it's not that hard - I don't even speak German and I had no trouble reading the Fraktur samples I found on wikipedia.
- mc32 15y agoWhen I chat, occasionally, I'll þrow in a þorn, or, depending if it's voiced, ðen I'll use ðe eð [eth]. Most people just pretend it was an artifact in ðe session.
- wazoox 15y agoPlease. It's je ne sais quoi ("I don't know what"). εὐ πραττειν...