VMs: f66r, der muszdel

[knoxmix@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

    	  On 8 Mar 2004 10:21:37 +0100
            Elmar wrote [in part]:

    Personally, I don't subsricbe to the "muszdel" idea, since it's 
    obviously two seperate words on two seperate lines. If you want to go 
    with it, be aware that the article "der" has several functions in 
    German: . . .

Some years ago I became familiar with churchbook writing. Only a 
knowledge of the format and a small vocabulary was required. I did 
gain an appreciation for the variety and creativity of individual 
hands. I found Gothic "h" and English long-s in the same passage and 
some unique upper-case letters. There were standard abbreviations 
that had little semblance to any part of the words from which they 
were derived. Latin letter forms often were used to set special words 
apart from others. Some standard Latin words were included. I can not 
assume anything from even a clearly written but unfamiliar phrase in 
German (or Middle English, for that matter) so it is good to get your 
help on this. 

Ciao ........ Knox


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