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- noun archaic The
long s , a form of the letteress . - noun archaic
long s The nineteenthletter of the Englishalphabet , called long ess, medial ess or descending ess and written in theLatin script .
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ruzuzu commented on the word ſ
A few years ago one of my professors was using an overhead projector to show the class a version of "The Lamb" written and illustrated by William Blake. We'd been really snotty about making f-sounds where we knew we should be making s-sounds. The professor didn't usually play along, but that day he started to indulge us. When he got to "Little lamb, God blefs thee! Little lamb, God blefs thee!" the projector bulb dramatically exploded. As we sat there in the sudden darkness, it seemed as though we'd just witnessed a message directly from the poet. The professor never indulged us again.
April 8, 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word ſ
I had a class where we read an old version of Lavoisier, the French chemist. Of course he was referred to as Lavoifier. We had much merriment over philofophy, neceffities, and fuchlike... and, of course, when we got to a certain section where he instructed us to suck the air out of a tube...well, I'll let your imagination take over.
April 8, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word ſ
Milosrdenstvi, did you ever make that Lavoisier list we were hoping for over on butter of antimony?
April 8, 2010
bilby commented on the word ſ
My favourite Mr Men book is Mr Fuſſy.
April 9, 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word ſ
Well, I decided at laſt to put up the liſt. After creation and deſcription, however, I realiſed that I had lent my Lavoiſier to my younger brother, and furthermore could not find the companion manual on a brief ſearch. So, I ſhall add the entries I already mentioned from butter of antimony and add the reſt when I can actually find my ſource material.
April 9, 2010