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Title: Two words i need help with
Post by: jedidiah on Wednesday 08 July 20 12:06 BST (UK)
Need help with the two words in attached images.
Thanks a lot for any help!

Title: Re: Two words i need help with
Post by: IgorStrav on Wednesday 08 July 20 12:17 BST (UK)
Would be better with some more words showing if possible, as context so important.

Without that it's much more guesswork. 

The first could be affinity.

The second seems to end....'otably',  but would need more to have a better guess.

Can you post larger snips?
Title: Re: Two words i need help with
Post by: a-l on Wednesday 08 July 20 14:27 BST (UK)
The first word does look like affinity  but we need more to be able to distinguish the writing style .
Title: Re: Two words i need help with
Post by: Nettie on Wednesday 08 July 20 14:54 BST (UK)
The second one looks like ‘is probably’.
Title: Re: Two words i need help with
Post by: IgorStrav on Wednesday 08 July 20 15:29 BST (UK)
Quote from: Nettie on Wednesday 08 July 20 14:54 BST (UK)
The second one looks like ‘is probably’.

Yes, that looks good, Nettie.  Bigger snip would confirm
Title: Re: Two words i need help with
Post by: jedidiah on Wednesday 08 July 20 16:00 BST (UK)
Thank-you guys, sorry there was no context - I agree with the suggestions.
Thanks again!
Title: Re: Two words i need help with
Post by: kanonking on Saturday 11 July 20 03:56 BST (UK)
In several nineteenth century hands, I've seen a style of writing in which the first 's' in any word is written as an 'f'. So 'assist' would look like 'afsist' in cursive.

Looking at your example, I would (without any further context) say it might possibly be 'asking'.