I've no idea about what the rest of you do with crossed out writing but I transcribe it, if possible to read, put the transcription into square brackets and then put 'crossed through' against it after a colon, e.g. [his majestie: crossed through]. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Barton" <mrgjb@sover.net> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] What do I do with that extra "f" > It is all well and good to transcribe exactly what is written if you are > doing it by hand but I am transcribing some letters that have some peculiar > little curliques on the end of, usually abbreviations or number dates, > words that there are nothing even remotely resembling them on the > computer. So I just do the best I can. > > Now I have a question. What do you do if a word has been crossed out in a > letter? I can't find any way to "line through" on my computer like I could > on a typewriter. Most of the crossed out material is just a botched word > or misspelling that he starts over and I just ignore it but don't know if > that's what I should do or not. Ruth > > > > > At 9:44 AM +0000 2/27/04, Guy Etchells wrote: > >Yes I agree the "ff" was used as a capital F but that was not the issue, > >the questioner did not ask what does "ff" mean. > > > >I believe a transcriber should copy what is written, that way there is > >one less chance of an error creeping in. > > > >Incidentally transcripts written exactly as the originals will have more > >clues to enable them to be read in twenty or thirty years time, when the > >pencil has faded, than transcripts where interpretation and common sense > >has been used. > >Cheers > >Guy > -- > Ruth Barton > mrgjb@sover.net > Dummerston, VT > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > THREADED archives for OLD-ENGLISH: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > >