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Imagine how those Greeks resented scribes trying to separate words and phrases with spaces on precious vellum! Those crazy Masoretic Jews trying to pollute sac
by AStonesThrow 2y ago
Imagine how those Greeks resented scribes trying to separate words and phrases with spaces on precious vellum!
Those crazy Masoretic Jews trying to pollute sacred texts with vowels... You're just supposed to know them!
Punctuation was probably introduced by leaky quills dripping until someone put a positive spin on it.
What twist of fate gave us ampersands? Lets keep Ye Olde English pure! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter)#Modern_English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter)#Modern_English