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John Overholt

Who called it an index instead of
13 Jul 2023 at 18:12 | Open on glammr.us
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@overholt also using a proper long s at the right places 😍

13 Jul 2023 at 18:28 | Open on hachyderm.io
Petra

@vonneudeck @overholt

Can I ask please, what are the rules for the placement of the long s?

13 Jul 2023 at 22:20 | Open on mendeddrum.org
John Overholt
Petra
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@PetraPhoenix @overholt the main concept is that in an Auslaut you use the round s but in an Anlaut and Inlaut the long s.

13 Jul 2023 at 23:33 | Open on hachyderm.io
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@PetraPhoenix @overholt I have no idea why that website with the extensive examples does not mention this. But I only skimmed it, maybe I overlooked something.

13 Jul 2023 at 23:36 | Open on hachyderm.io
Davos ☭ Communist Party USA
Andreas Janke

@overholt Some have simply used both options …
13 Jul 2023 at 18:53 | Open on openbiblio.social
Bill Tozier

@overholt I can only hear this in Bill & Ted voices. Totally.

13 Jul 2023 at 19:07 | Open on a2mi.social
Hexxy The Grouch

@overholt Heh. I like it! I need to sneak this into a document in the future.

13 Jul 2023 at 19:17 | Open on mastodon.social
Lord Caramac the Clueless, KSC

@overholt I wish the long s was still a thing. It had quite a long life in my native German, but it was dead long before my birth.

13 Jul 2023 at 20:04 | Open on discordian.social
Jon :commodore: :apple:
nev

@overholt Sorry, what? I need to know more about the Archbiſhop of Canterbury ſhooting a Keeper by miſchance.

13 Jul 2023 at 21:00 | Open on bananachips.club
RAVENARCH PRESS™

@overholt someone whose wings were crushed as a child.

13 Jul 2023 at 21:05 | Open on mastodon.social
Mute Dog Brewing

@overholt why is the S an f in 'most' but not in 'things'?

13 Jul 2023 at 21:41 | Open on mastodon.social
John Overholt

@Mutedog The long s is a stylistic convention that depends in part on the position within the word—you use it in the middle but not the end.

13 Jul 2023 at 22:50 | Open on glammr.us
Davos ☭ Communist Party USA

@overholt "The Table of things most remarkable."

Jesus, I'm in *love* with this name rather than just "index."

I love it, I love it, I love it!

13 Jul 2023 at 22:20 | Open on union.place
Ceil Kessler (she/her)
Ariel Cajar

@overholt Ornate, but I like it 😂

The fact that it literally means "keyword index" semantically is the best part. This is how English (or any language) can sound to a foreigner if studied too etymologically.

13 Jul 2023 at 23:58 | Open on mastodon.social
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@overholt, I propose that we pronounce the long s as an F sound.

"declines all juftification of himfelf"

13 Jul 2023 at 23:59 | Open on urbanists.social
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@overholt I wish more people would use the word remarkable in this context. "Worthy of being remarked" is very different than "Unusual or striking."

14 Jul 2023 at 0:42 | Open on hachyderm.io
John Overholt

People can’t get enough Long S content, is the lesson I’m taking away

14 Jul 2023 at 1:41 | Open on glammr.us
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