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Asking the real questions (jlai.lu)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The Romans also had spaces in between words

[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I was under the impression that that was actually a medieval invention

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

This comment made me learn. Thank you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scriptio_continua

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

What was used to delineate words before the space character, then?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

Or for those that just want to read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scriptio_continua

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

But did they have lowercase?

EDIT: Hello my name is JOHN DOE. Only latin characters allowed

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

But 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)