VViews > 08-12-2018, 02:38 AM
(07-12-2018, 11:23 PM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.In the past I've suggested it was a V shape and also that it might be a pilcrow and got pooh-poohed for both suggestions.
The "smoke" symbol above one of the weirdos was very frequently placed in that position when the letter was a V (to symbolize "ver"), but I got pooh-poohed for that suggestion too.
I finally gave up talking about red weirdos.
-JKP- > 08-12-2018, 03:48 AM
(08-12-2018, 02:38 AM)VViews Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(07-12-2018, 11:23 PM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.In the past I've suggested it was a V shape and also that it might be a pilcrow and got pooh-poohed for both suggestions.
The "smoke" symbol above one of the weirdos was very frequently placed in that position when the letter was a V (to symbolize "ver"), but I got pooh-poohed for that suggestion too.
I finally gave up talking about red weirdos.
JKP,
the idea that the big red weirdos might be paragraph markers was one of the first mentioned on this thread, and nobody "poo-pooed" it.
In fact it is an idea that has been brought up since at least 2010 (see: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.)
Please go back to the beginning of this thread and you will see that the idea that it could be an embellished initial was also welcomed, and not "poo pooed"... all people ever asked for was examples/links to back up statements.
Koen G > 08-12-2018, 02:23 PM
Helmut Winkler > 08-12-2018, 04:43 PM
Linda > 08-12-2018, 05:50 PM
-JKP- > 08-12-2018, 10:38 PM
Linda > 09-12-2018, 07:40 AM
(08-12-2018, 10:38 PM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Arabic script is very calligraphic.
A great many beautiful tiles, fabrics, ceramics, and other items are decorated with Arabic script in the same way that other cultures use curlicues. When it's written with a calligraphic flare, it's possible to find almost any shape in decorative Arabic script (especially if the script includes abbreviations) and sometimes two letters next to each other will look like a familiar shape.
I don't know Arabic, I only know part of the alphabet and a few simple words but I suppose it's possible the "left wing" of the "seagull" is dal but then I'm not sure what the "right wing" would be. Arabic letters don't usually lean in the backwards direction except those that go below the baseline.
Or... perhaps the symbol you are referencing is a variation on this symbol which is on a different 'labe:
Linda > 09-12-2018, 08:08 AM
-JKP- > 09-12-2018, 02:35 PM
bi3mw > 21-12-2021, 11:40 PM
(26-02-2016, 01:34 AM)VViews Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I'm curious to hear what views the forum members may have about what the weirdos are or look like, and whether perhaps we might gather any new insight into them.
Any thoughts?