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Re: Motto



Rory;
Hope yesterday was a great success. I just wanted to note that on the motto
both the "w"=v and "o" = e were changed which I think may go beyond just
monument writing although this aspect is also a fastenating perspective.
Yours Aye; Neil
-----Original Message-----
From: Rory Sinclair <rory.sinclair@accglobal.net>
To: sinclair@mids.org <sinclair@mids.org>
Date: 21 October, 1999 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: Motto


>Could be that but more likely the use of "v" for "'w" was common for
>inscribed, formal or monumental writing.  It was a hearkening back to that
>latin which has no "w".  In Toronto the Postal Building is inscribed Postal
>"Bvilding"................Rory
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lena A Löfström <lal@algonet.se>
>To: sinclair@mids.org <sinclair@mids.org>
>Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 6:00 AM
>Subject: Re: Motto
>
>
>>
>>
>>Gerald Gibbons wrote:
>>>
>>>  'Commit thy verk to God' ".
>>> Yes, it is spelled verk and not work!
>>> Gerald Gibbons
>>>
>>
>>Interesting! Verk is a Swedish word (or Scandinavian if you want) and
>>can very well be used as a synonym for work.
>>
>>Maybe a "leftover" from the norsemen?
>>
>>Best regards
>>Lena
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