X Marks the Scot - An on-line community of kilt wearers.

   X Marks Partners - (Go to the Partners Dedicated Forums )
USA Kilts website Celtic Croft website Celtic Corner website Houston Kiltmakers

User Tag List

Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12
Results 11 to 12 of 12
  1. #11
    Join Date
    18th October 09
    Location
    Orange County California
    Posts
    10,563
    Mentioned
    17 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I just wanted to mention that it's incorrect to use the letter f to replace the letter s as in "perfon".

    The original 18th century type had two forms of lowercase s, the one we still use today and the "long s".

    The long s was literally a long s, elongated or stretched out. It was not an f (lacking the horizontal stroke that the letter f has).

    Whenever I see such errors made it makes me question the validity of the whole.
    Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte

  2. #12
    Join Date
    2nd May 08
    Location
    Mandurah, Western Australia
    Posts
    693
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    I just wanted to mention that it's incorrect to use the letter f to replace the letter s as in "perfon".

    The original 18th century type had two forms of lowercase s, the one we still use today and the "long s".

    The long s was literally a long s, elongated or stretched out. It was not an f (lacking the horizontal stroke that the letter f has).

    Whenever I see such errors made it makes me question the validity of the whole.
    Aside from the incorrect use of 'f' for the long s, the wording in my post appears to be identical to the report of the finding in The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 16, for the year 1746.

    https://books.google.com.au/books?id...Rebels&f=false
    Last edited by Bruce Scott; 24th January 21 at 06:20 PM.

Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

» Log in

User Name:

Password:

Not a member yet?
Register Now!
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.0