ElCanut@jlai.lu to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 19 hours agoAsking the real questionsjlai.luexternal-linkmessage-square157fedilinkarrow-up1868arrow-down15
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minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-211 hours agoThe Romans also had spaces in between words
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 hours agoI was under the impression that that was actually a medieval invention
minus-squareHam Strokers Ejacula@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoWhat was used to delineate words before the space character, then?
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·30 minutes agoNothing but understanding of words and sentences. It was kind of a whole thing. The space character was revolutionary to increasing the spread of literacy. Relevant
minus-squaredch82@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-211 hours agoBut did they have lowercase? EDIT: Hello my name is JOHN DOE. Only latin characters allowed
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 hours agoBut did they have lowercase english language? Salve! John Doe nomen meum est. Only latin characters allowed (That’s all the latin I remember from school back then)
The Romans also had spaces in between words
I was under the impression that that was actually a medieval invention
What was used to delineate words before the space character, then?
Nothing but understanding of words and sentences. It was kind of a whole thing. The space character was revolutionary to increasing the spread of literacy. Relevant
But did they have lowercase?
EDIT: Hello my name is JOHN DOE. Only latin characters allowed
But did they have
lowercaseenglish language?Salve! John Doe nomen meum est.
Only latin
charactersallowed(That’s all the latin I remember from school back then)