As a postscript to Dorothys, many of the old records contain lots of abb. and acro. <>G any thing to make all the writing easier can you imagine the directions for letter writting being, First catch your goose? Eliz On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:45 PM, D JONES <[email protected]> wrote: > As a post script to my previous email, this IS to do with family research as it shows the way ancient languages fell into disuse, and the English we speak now bears  no relation to the English of the fourthteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and even seventeenth centuries. > > Dorothy > > --- On Wed, 22/12/10, DAVID JONES <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: DAVID JONES <[email protected]> > Subject: [POWYS] Abrevations > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, 22 December, 2010, 16:50 > > Great, so to save money we have a new language. LOL I now know what it means & G > for 'grin'. OK > So how about a dictionary to guide oldies like me, then we could all translate & > maybe all understand............Dave > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Still on the subject of abreviations the experts in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were the enumerators of our very own research records. William =Wm, john = Jn, Elizabeth =Elz etc. Dorothy --- On Wed, 22/12/10, Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> wrote: From: Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [POWYS] Abrevations To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 22 December, 2010, 20:15 As a postscript to Dorothys, many of the old records contain lots of abb. and acro. <>G any thing to make all the writing easier can you imagine the directions for letter writting being, First catch your goose? Eliz On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:45 PM, D JONES <[email protected]> wrote: > As a post script to my previous email, this IS to do with family research as it shows the way ancient languages fell into disuse, and the English we speak now bears  no relation to the English of the fourthteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and even seventeenth centuries. > > Dorothy > > --- On Wed, 22/12/10, DAVID JONES <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: DAVID JONES <[email protected]> > Subject: [POWYS] Abrevations > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, 22 December, 2010, 16:50 > > Great, so to save money we have a new language. LOL I now know what it means & G > for 'grin'. OK > So how about a dictionary to guide oldies like me, then we could all translate & > maybe all understand............Dave > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message