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f79r - something written under water ???
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f79r - something written under water ???
Rafal > Yesterday, 11:49 AM
I think there could be some writing or something like that under blue paint in one part of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. folio.
I altered the picture with graphic editor changing stuff like hue, contrast etc. :
For me it seems a bit like letters " k o ń r "
"Koń" is "horse" in Polish but I wouldn't go that far
Do you see something too or is it just some random noise for you? -
RE: f79r - something written under water ???
eggyk > Yesterday, 12:22 PM
(Yesterday, 11:49 AM)Rafal Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I think there could be some writing or something like that under blue paint in one part of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. folio.
I altered the picture with graphic editor changing stuff like hue, contrast etc. :
For me it seems a bit like letters " k o ń r "
"Koń" is "horse" in Polish but I wouldn't go that far
Do you see something too or is it just some random noise for you?
I believe that we are looking at something akin to a fire (perhaps to warm the bath?) along with a hose to feed the water.
But I can also make it look like a fish if i wish to, so I would take everything with a pinch of salt.
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RE: f79r - something written under water ???
ololololo > Yesterday, 12:24 PM
The protruding round part resembles a hole. Perhaps it is connected to a hole at the bottom or to a small object beneath the paint.
But I like eggyk’s theory about heating up the sauna... -
RE: f79r - something written under water ???
Oscroft > Yesterday, 12:25 PM
(Yesterday, 11:49 AM)Rafal Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I think there could be some writing or something like that under blue paint in one part of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. folio.
I altered the picture with graphic editor changing stuff like hue, contrast etc. :
For me it seems a bit like letters " k o ń r "
"Koń" is "horse" in Polish but I wouldn't go that far
Do you see something too or is it just some random noise for you?
Hmm, yes, that's interesting. I tried converting to monochrome and inverting (which can often help with old text documents), but that didn't give me anything in this case.
I can't really identify letters in it myself - but I'm also not quite convinced it's random noise. -
RE: f79r - something written under water ???
nablator > Yesterday, 12:32 PM
My attempts with DStretch filters:
The final "r" stands out but what is before it remains unreadable. -
RE: f79r - something written under water ???
Rafal > Yesterday, 12:56 PM
Quote:The final "r" stands out but what is before it remains unreadable.
Yes, that "r" (let's call it so) is very real. But frankly I have no idea what could it be. -
RE: f79r - something written under water ???
Koen G > Yesterday, 03:59 PM
How about "por"? -
RE: f79r - something written under water ???
PIOCTOEMW > 7 hours ago
(Yesterday, 11:49 AM)Rafal Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I think there could be some writing or something like that under blue paint in one part of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. folio.
I altered the picture with graphic editor changing stuff like hue, contrast etc. :
For me it seems a bit like letters " k o ń r "
"Koń" is "horse" in Polish but I wouldn't go that far
Do you see something too or is it just some random noise for you?
Hi Rafal,
I do see that 'Konr' in the green toilet!
Quote:That checks out, actually — Polish does have a real idiom family built on exactly that association. "Zrobić kogoś w konia" (literally "to make someone into a horse") means to swindle or dupe someone, and "zrobili mnie w konia" is the equivalent of "I was taken for a ride" / "I got conned." The idiom 'zrobić kogoś w konia' literally means 'to make someone into a horse,' but it actually means 'to deceive someone.' "Zrobili mnie w konia" is glossed as "I was made into a horse," meaning "I was taken for a ride." You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
So the underlying link — koń (horse) tied to being swindled — is genuine and has old roots in the language, not something invented at the turn of the 20th century specifically; it's a standing idiom family still in use today.
"Konr" itself isn't a form I can find as a standard Polish word, though — it doesn't turn up in dictionaries or in the idiom lists I checked. A couple of possibilities:- It could be a dialectal or archaic spelling variant you've encountered somewhere specific (a document, a name, a regional source) — if so, telling me where you saw it would help pin down whether it's real usage or a transcription/OCR issue.
- It might be getting conflated with "konr-" as it appears in surnames like Konarski (from koń, "groom"), which is a real derivation but means groom/stable-hand, not con man.
- Or it could be a folk-etymology bridge someone constructed between koń and the English word "con" — which would be a false-friend coincidence rather than an actual documented Polish saying, since "con" as in swindle isn't a loanword into Polish that I can find evidence of at that period.
- It could be a dialectal or archaic spelling variant you've encountered somewhere specific (a document, a name, a regional source) — if so, telling me where you saw it would help pin down whether it's real usage or a transcription/OCR issue.