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"We doth not homew'rk" 
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modified 15-Dec-17 9:03am.
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A cookery book from 1615: Recipe for pancakes etc:
Countrey Contentments, or the English Huswife[^]
Interesting English, reads quite like modern english, except for the switching of v and u, and the f for an s.
It has some great spellings too, I want to bring back 'slic't' and 'chopt', 'mixe' and 'beate'!
modified 15-Dec-17 7:35am.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: A cookery book from 1615
Cool, that's the time I usually start cooking anyway.
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The "elongated" f for s doesn't bother me. (It's like half an eszett in German), but I've never seen an actual f used. Weird.
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It isnt an actual f, I just cant find the elongated s that looks like an f without the cross bar on my keyboard! 
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Trivial information alert.
This is actually called a descending s. It was used for the s anywhere in the word except at the end (with rare exceptions), and not the second s when doubled. E.g., I once viʃited Miʃsiʃsippi. The trip was a ʃucceʃs.
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perhapf they were ufing the microfoft ergonomic keyboard?
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GenJerDan wrote: but I've never seen an actual f used
5 lines up on the second page - last word 'frycafe'. The first f is an actual f. Also fryingpan in the middle of that paragraph.
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Ben: "And the purfuit of happineff?"
Tom: "Pursuit of happiness."
Ben: "All your Ss look like Fs."
Tom: "It's stylish. It's very in."
-- Stan Freburg
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Syntax error. The second s would be a short s, as in "The purʃuit of happineʃs."
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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I know that. You know that. I'm sure Stan knew that. But it's funnier that way.
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Me agree, that thif if uery good!
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Munchies_Matt wrote: 'beate'!
It is only when it comes to pancakes you have to "beate" it.
For "veale toasts", you "beat" it normally (can't believe I actually wrote that!)
Two different spellings for the same word on one page. I'd say they should have gotten themselves a better proof reader!
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Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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What are you insinuating on their proof reader? Their reader was at the very least 60% (alcohol) proof.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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That would certainly explain it! 
Or like Shakespeare would've said: Yond wouldst c'rtainly pray pardon me t!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Yeah, did you see the two spellings for cinnamon?
It is just random isn't it, what ever the writer feels like at the time!
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Interesting. No I hadn't noticed that, but I'm not surprised. Since it's written for housewives, it's probably written BY a housewife. And we all know that they tend to change their mind whenever they feel like it 
I noticed that they used quite a lot of nutmeg, though. I knew a lady called Meg once that fit that description extremely well. 
Any way: What the he** is a quelquechofe? (I know what the French word means, but what kind of dish is it?) 
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Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
modified 15-Dec-17 8:54am.
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Written by a bloke, Gervaise Markham apparently.
Quelquechose seems to be just a mish mash. It means 'something;' in French, the recipe seems to list any number of things that can be thrown in.
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Johnny J. wrote: I'd say they should have gotten themselves a better proof reader!
Or maybe they ran out of letters.
I have no idea if this is true, but I was told Seoul was spelled that way because they ran out of the correct type when printing the first maps, and substituted what they had plenty of.
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GenJerDan wrote: I have no idea if this is true, but I was told Seoul was spelled that way because they ran out of the correct type when printing the first maps, and substituted what they had plenty of.
I wouldn't know. I don't know a sole soul in Seoul!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Munchies_Matt wrote: and the f for an s
If you look closely you will see that the s is not the same as the f. And they still used the 'ordinary' s at the end of the word, somewhat akin to Greek.
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Yes, I know Richard. I just dont have that letter on my keyboard.
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It ʃeems that my keyboard is ʃomewhat older than yours.
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And I couldnt be arsed to look up the ASCII code for it either.
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Windows character map ...
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