23-12-2025, 12:23 AM
(This post was last modified: 23-12-2025, 12:26 AM by Bluetoes101.)
"i before e, except half the time" 
(we get taught in English class here "i before e, except after c" and it's a lie..!)
For what it is worth, the "across" is weird and more "charm'y"
The "downward" reminds me of a style of writing that you see in Alchemy, and also medicine.. and just about anyone trying to sound "learned" in a "holier-than-thou" way.
I call it "cat in the hat writing".
(ends of lines)
Þe man þat wele of lechecraft lere
Rede ouer þis bok and he may here
Many a medicyn boþ good and trewe
to hele sores boþ olde and newe
Heryn arn medicines withoute fable
To hele alle sores þat arn curable
Of swerd knif and of arue
Be þe wounde wyd or narue
Of spere of quarel of dagger of dart
to make him hol in eche part...
It's poem-like but the intent is not incantation/charm/poem/song etc, but being a "smart arse".
Talking from a position of knowledge unbeknown to the reader, a rather extreme example would be "fairy tales", if we were to look at it sceptically
I have no idea if the VMS writing is doing this, but I guess it is possible the nature of the almost-repetitiveness downwards is not magical in intention.
(we get taught in English class here "i before e, except after c" and it's a lie..!)
For what it is worth, the "across" is weird and more "charm'y"
The "downward" reminds me of a style of writing that you see in Alchemy, and also medicine.. and just about anyone trying to sound "learned" in a "holier-than-thou" way.
I call it "cat in the hat writing".
(ends of lines)
Þe man þat wele of lechecraft lere
Rede ouer þis bok and he may here
Many a medicyn boþ good and trewe
to hele sores boþ olde and newe
Heryn arn medicines withoute fable
To hele alle sores þat arn curable
Of swerd knif and of arue
Be þe wounde wyd or narue
Of spere of quarel of dagger of dart
to make him hol in eche part...
It's poem-like but the intent is not incantation/charm/poem/song etc, but being a "smart arse".
Talking from a position of knowledge unbeknown to the reader, a rather extreme example would be "fairy tales", if we were to look at it sceptically
I have no idea if the VMS writing is doing this, but I guess it is possible the nature of the almost-repetitiveness downwards is not magical in intention.