ElCanut@jlai.lu to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 11 个月前Asking the real questionsjlai.luimagemessage-square217fedilinkarrow-up11.17Karrow-down111
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minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-211 个月前The Romans also had spaces in between words
minus-squaredch82@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-211 个月前But did they have lowercase? EDIT: Hello my name is JOHN DOE. Only latin characters allowed
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-211 个月前But did they have lowercase english language? Salve! John Doe nomen meum est. Only latin characters allowed (That’s all the latin I remember from school back then)
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 个月前I was under the impression that that was actually a medieval invention
minus-squareel_abuelo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 个月前This comment made me learn. Thank you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scriptio_continua
minus-squareHam Strokers Ejacula@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 个月前What was used to delineate words before the space character, then?
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 个月前Nothing but understanding of words and sentences. It was kind of a whole thing. The space character was revolutionary to increasing the spread of literacy. Relevant
minus-squareel_abuelo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 个月前Or for those that just want to read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scriptio_continua
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 个月前The inscription on the Pantheon has dots between the words. M·AGRIPPA·L·F·COS·TERTIVM·FECIT
The Romans also had spaces in between words
But did they have lowercase?
EDIT: Hello my name is JOHN DOE. Only latin characters allowed
But did they have
lowercaseenglish language?Salve! John Doe nomen meum est.
Only latin
charactersallowed(That’s all the latin I remember from school back then)
I was under the impression that that was actually a medieval invention
This comment made me learn. Thank you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scriptio_continua
What was used to delineate words before the space character, then?
Nothing but understanding of words and sentences. It was kind of a whole thing. The space character was revolutionary to increasing the spread of literacy. Relevant
Or for those that just want to read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scriptio_continua
The inscription on the Pantheon has dots between the words.