Re: [asa] Wesley, Primitive Physic

One surmises, perhaps that W. thought human milk was beneficial for
consumption? ( "suck" = "suckle"). Maybe they didn't have hang-ups about
that kind of thing in those days?

Iain

On 3/12/07, David Opderbeck <dopderbeck@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Interesting .... but, um, does this really make things much better, or
> just a little more bizarre?
>
>
> On 3/12/07, Dick Fischer <dickfischer@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > I'm so relieved!
> >
> > Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association
> > Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
> > www.genesisproclaimed.org
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
> > Behalf Of Ted Davis
> > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 9:14 AM
> > To: asa@calvin.edu; janmatch@earthlink.net ; Michael Roberts
> > Cc: hrc54@alltel.net; gmurphy@raex.com
> > Subject: [asa] Wesley, Primitive Physic
> >
> > This will be my final post on the Wesley thing.
> >
> > It's usually easy to tell whether one has an "s" or an "f". As I
> > stated, I
> > don't even notice the long "s" when I read a text, any more than readers
> > of
> > German even notice some of the typeography used in those works, once
> > they
> > get used to it. So I went back for one more look at my facsimile
> > edition.
> >
> > I studied a lot of letters in this particular edition, and it seems that
> > the printer had multiple characters for the long "s", somewhat depending
> >
> > on
> > the size of the character used (ie, the font size). The smaller "s"
> > italic
> > type, which is used in this particular instance, has a half bar on it
> > halfway up the letter, on the left side. In the "f" character, the bar
> > goes
> > all the way across. In the larger italic long "s," however, there is no
> > bar
> > at all. The latter is much easier to discern and results in no
> > confusion.
> > The smaller character, however, can be confusing. On the previous page,
> >
> > e.g., the word "frankincense" is written using both the "f" and the long
> > "s"
> > in smaller type, and you have to look at it closely to realize that the
> > two
> > letters are different: it's really quite a subtle difference. If the
> > next
> > letter is a "t," or even another long "s," you sometimes can't tell at
> > all
> > simply from the typeface--context has to help.
> >
> > Upon further examination and comparison, I would now say with confidence
> >
> > that Wesley said "suck". But it's easy in this case to see why someone
> > might honestly misread what's written. If it were the larger typeface,
> > no
> > problem; but the smaller italic is very hard to discern.
> >
> > Ted
> >
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