#orthography — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #orthography, aggregated by home.social.
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Illustration by Paul Franck, from The Proper Art of Writing (1655).
Source: The Getty / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bc3f8ce8-d665-447a-8be4-ed4294f784be
#alphabets #letters #calligraphy #typography #orthography #design #writing #lettering #bookillustration #woodcut #art #publicdomain
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'No' - A Linguistic Tangle
Learn why the abbreviation 'no.' comes from French 'numéro' for number, not English 'no' for negation. Understand its history and digital issues.
#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode
https://newsletter.tf/why-no-means-number-not-negation-french/
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The abbreviation 'no.' is from French 'numéro' meaning 'number'. This is different from the English word 'no' used for negation.
#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode
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Because my spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 6 “Eeyore Has a Birthday” [Pooh] (1926)More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/80705/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aamilne #winniethepooh #pooh #poohbear #error #mistakes #orthography #spelling