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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: AppleJack on September 26, 2014, 12:41:57 PM

Title: Weird letters
Post by: AppleJack on September 26, 2014, 12:41:57 PM
The lowercase J. I mean just look at this thing

j
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: cfbandyman on September 26, 2014, 12:44:29 PM
Capital Q. It's like an O but they gave it a tail, or made it a dude, or something.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: CHONGS on September 26, 2014, 12:48:29 PM
Those are both fine letters, you guys are idiots.

What you need to look into (to begin with) is lowercase g.  I mean sometimes it's g somtimes it's g!  Mirror images almost!  :Wha:
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: sys on September 26, 2014, 12:50:07 PM
sometimes its g somtimes it's g:

 :eek:
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: CHONGS on September 26, 2014, 12:55:25 PM
What's the deal with ash: æ?   What is this?  The Gotenks of letters?  Get out of here!
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: 'taterblast on September 26, 2014, 12:59:02 PM
capital cursive Z. get the eff outta here.

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTuRVWc94qEsEfiToVUAvRZqwPs4wgLbZKs9DCQ3VYI56Pt0YBhrrzhCw)
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: Brock Landers on September 26, 2014, 01:03:02 PM
capital cursive Z. get the eff outta here.

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTuRVWc94qEsEfiToVUAvRZqwPs4wgLbZKs9DCQ3VYI56Pt0YBhrrzhCw)


Yeah that's pretty bad but that's more of a cursive sucks balls issue because Z is kind of studly IYAM
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on September 26, 2014, 01:04:02 PM
i never learned how to write in cursive. my parents told me there would be computers where everyone would type so i didnt need to learn it.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on September 26, 2014, 01:04:25 PM
so, like, all of the cursive letters are weird and pointless.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: Brock Landers on September 26, 2014, 01:05:32 PM
capital cursive Z. get the eff outta here.

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTuRVWc94qEsEfiToVUAvRZqwPs4wgLbZKs9DCQ3VYI56Pt0YBhrrzhCw)


Yeah that's pretty bad but that's more of a cursive sucks balls issue because Z is kind of studly IYAM


Actually my previous post makes me realize that Y is kind of weird.  Dumped late in the alphabet like an afterthought, considered to be a vowel only sometimes?  GTFOOMF, you're either a vowel 24/7 or you're not.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: Cartierfor3 on September 26, 2014, 01:05:53 PM
capital cursive Z. get the eff outta here.

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTuRVWc94qEsEfiToVUAvRZqwPs4wgLbZKs9DCQ3VYI56Pt0YBhrrzhCw)

That's a Q
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: CHONGS on September 26, 2014, 01:07:16 PM
What about Thorn þ?  This has been the source of confusion for centuries!  You used to abbreviate "The" with þe, but then people got lazy and didn't close their loops and it became: ye.  Now people think it means the old timey word "ye" (meaning you), but it's NOT it's THE!
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: Mikeyis4dcats on September 26, 2014, 01:09:01 PM
What about Thorn þ?  This has been the source of confusion for centuries!  You used to abbreviate "The" with þe, but then people got lazy and didn't close their loops and it became: ye.  Now people think it means the old timey word "ye" (meaning you), but it's NOT it's THE!

how do ye know what these things are called?
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: Bqqkie Pimp on September 26, 2014, 01:25:29 PM
Most of these:

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wtpanhellenic.com%2Fuploads%2F2%2F1%2F4%2F1%2F21418520%2F3734313.jpeg%3F446&hash=d35915aff5e7f81c96dc4efa05b903b20b8351f9)

 :buh-bye:
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: pissclams on September 26, 2014, 01:28:31 PM
a

it looks like E.T.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: Catchacold on September 26, 2014, 01:29:51 PM
Typography Smack 2014

 :runaway:
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: EMAWmeister on September 26, 2014, 02:08:20 PM
capital cursive Z. get the eff outta here.

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTuRVWc94qEsEfiToVUAvRZqwPs4wgLbZKs9DCQ3VYI56Pt0YBhrrzhCw)

That's a Q

 :lol:
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: sys on September 26, 2014, 02:21:19 PM
Actually my previous post makes me realize that Y is kind of weird.  Dumped late in the alphabet like an afterthought, considered to be a vowel only sometimes?  GTFOOMF, you're either a vowel 24/7 or you're not.

just read the wikipedia history of the y thanks to your post.  fascinating.  linguistics is so interesting.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: steve dave on September 26, 2014, 02:32:41 PM
mrs. dave writes in cursive. it's infuriating. nobody left on this planet under the age of 75 can read that nonsense.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: chum1 on September 26, 2014, 02:56:33 PM
I don't have any trouble recognizing any of those letters. The real weird ones are in the East Asian languages. Those aren't even letters. They're just lines and shapes and crap.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: Benja on September 26, 2014, 03:04:20 PM
I've noticed the christmas/birthday/how are you doing card is sorta the last bastion of american cursive. There's my grandma's super cute old-timey version of cursive, but even my 40-something relatives write in shitty cursive in their cards. Weird.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: AppleJack on September 26, 2014, 03:54:06 PM
sometime in the late 80's Americans said enough with this rough ridin' cursive nonsense.

If I wrote in cursive it would look like someone with frying pans for hands wrote it.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: chum1 on September 26, 2014, 04:34:31 PM
When you see a cursive letter, you know it's a letter. When you see East Asian writing, you have no idea what the eff you're looking at. It's just a bunch of lines.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: WillieWatanabe on September 26, 2014, 04:54:34 PM
I feel fancy when i write in cursive.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: star seed 7 on September 26, 2014, 05:34:55 PM
I use a print/cursive hybrid that absolutely no one can read
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: j rake on September 26, 2014, 05:42:18 PM
I can't sign my name in cursive the same way every time. Not even close. It has been a lifelong struggle and it's super embarrassing when having to fill out multiple-page forms such as lease agreements, new bank account, etc.

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F0wVcrAy.png&hash=50622252fe1f41c104eea31660e3b3a406b1c04b)
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: chum1 on September 26, 2014, 06:26:01 PM
j rake strugglepost alert
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: Trim on September 26, 2014, 06:27:22 PM
I think at least one bar application required me to write out some stuff in cursive.  It was pretty bad.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: Saulbadguy on September 26, 2014, 06:56:32 PM
I just scribble.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: slobber on September 26, 2014, 08:43:21 PM
I never would have thought this would be a good thread, but I've been wrong before....MOAR!!!!


Prepare to be mind blown, mrsdobber does this stuff called calligraphy. It's really fancy cursive writing. She has even been paid to address wedding invitations and such. :Wha:
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: Kat Kid on September 26, 2014, 08:49:23 PM
When you see a cursive letter, you know it's a letter. When you see East Asian writing, you have no idea what the eff you're looking at. It's just a bunch of lines.

It is why I never want to go there.  Terrifying.
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: Stevesie60 on September 27, 2014, 12:50:45 AM
Why is it uppercase R and a lowercase r? How are those letters even remotely related?
Title: Re: Weird letters
Post by: bones129 on September 27, 2014, 01:25:53 AM
Why is it uppercase R and a lowercase r? How are those letters even remotely related?

Well, that's a good question. After scrutinizing the letters of the alphabet, I detect that it's the only letter that has a closed uppercase section, but no lowercase closed section. So:   :dunno: