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xoxoxoBruce 07-11-2015 12:07 AM

Grandfather of Todays PDR
 
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The PDR, Physician's desk Reference, so handy for finding out just what the hell you swallowed at the party last night, and if what you're feeling are normal side effects. This appears to be the grand, maybe great granddaddy, of the PDR from 1715.

Gravdigr 07-11-2015 05:06 PM

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Wonder why they used both kinds of S's? Repeatedly.

DanaC 07-12-2015 04:01 AM

As I recall, the long S was traditionally used when the letter was at the beginning (except if the word was capitalised) or in the middle of a word, but not when it ended a word - where the letter s ended a word, they used the modern short form.

footfootfoot 07-12-2015 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 933400)
As I recall, the long S was traditionally used when the letter was at the beginning (except if the word was capitalised) or in the middle of a word, but not when it ended a word - where the letter s ended a word, they used the modern short form.

And Ye, as in Ye Olde Ellipsis, is not actually a Y sound but is a ligature form of th, so Ye Olde Ellipsis would have been pronounced The Old...

Although I have seen the long form of s used willy nilly in some documents. There was an article somewhere about the gradual standardization of fpelling.

Not a ligature! It is a corruption of the letter Thorn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter)

Clodfobble 07-12-2015 10:38 AM

Ooh, I just learned something cool! Thanks foot!

Gravdigr 07-12-2015 12:04 PM

Thank you sir, madam.

:)


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