Unexpected-issimo
Urban(e) …
Category: Language
Related to human language
T-V Mysteries
(Un)familiar territory …
Telephonic Correction
It all comes out in the wash …
Keeping me on my tippy toes
An historical exercise.
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Language mysteries
A small diversion before getting back to Gertrude Belle-Oudry.
Vn piccolo passo auanti
Prôuánô, a proouer, a tryer. Also to be prooued or tryed. Also obstinate, stiffe-necked.
From Florio’s 1611 Italian-English dictionary
Deriving me to distraction
A big small small face?
The effect of “lady photographer”, part 4 of 4
This is the last post in the series about the effect of lady photographer.
“Ober, Lady Photographer.”
Boston Post 1892-07-01, p. 6. Credit: Newspapers.com
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The effect of “lady photographer”, part 3 of 4
“He Didn’t Like the Photographs”
In addition to the ads and the positive press that we saw in the first two posts in this series, another place we see lady photographer is in anecdotes, like this one:
The Cairo Bulletin 1883-06-06, p.1. Credit: Newspapers.com
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Misunderstanding misunderstanding
Ever feel misunderstood?