Keeping me on my tippy toes
An historical exercise.
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Category: Language
Related to human language
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?
The effect of “lady photographer”, part 2 of 4
“LADY PHOTOGRAPHER LOCATES HERE”
Bloomington Evening World 1915-11-23, p.1. Credit: Newspapers.com
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The effect of “lady photographer”, part 1 of 4
This is the first of a four-part series.
“XMAS PHOTOGRAPHS Made by LADY PHOTOGRAPHERS”
The Daily Oklahoman 1922-12-23, p. 36. Credit: Newspapers.com
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Bisarcipoltroncionacciosissimo
Or so you can pronounce it correctly, bisarcipôltrônciônacciôsíssimô.