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Europe / Re: Belgium translation
« on: Thursday 30 October 25 11:01 GMT (UK) »
Yes. 21 April 1944.
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The Common Room / Re: What is this heraldic charge?
« on: Saturday 27 September 25 15:27 BST (UK) »
As long as we’re being pedantic, the long s doesn’t appear at the ends of words. Sorry, Zaph.
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The Common Room / Re: What is this heraldic charge?
« on: Tuesday 23 September 25 20:50 BST (UK) »
It’s filii secundo-geniti: second-born son.
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Antrim / Re: Palmers of Killead
« on: Tuesday 12 August 25 11:59 BST (UK) »
Antrim churchyard is perhaps the (small) burial ground attached to the CoI church in Antrim town?
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Latin - Suam or Suum?
« on: Saturday 05 July 25 13:00 BST (UK) »
I'm not sure either. But from distant memory of ancient Latin, I think Cicero (e.g.) might have put "suam" there, trusting in the gender to make it clear which noun it went with. Taken this way, "suam" puts a kind of emphasis on the fact that the wish is his own.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Latin - Suam or Suum?
« on: Saturday 05 July 25 11:28 BST (UK) »
Are you sure it can’t go with “voluntatem”?
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Other Countries / Re: GREEK GENEALOGY
« on: Monday 19 May 25 15:07 BST (UK) »
Why not post the document? No promises, but I studied Ancient Greek and can sometimes make some sense of modern Greek. I think ecclesiastical Greek is different. An Orthodox priest is surely the best bet, but meanwhile …
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Aarhus Street Name
« on: Thursday 27 March 25 19:23 GMT (UK) »
I thought I saw a dot over what I took to be an i, not an e. The n or perhaps m is joined too; isn’t it just cursive handwriting?
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Aarhus Street Name
« on: Thursday 27 March 25 11:01 GMT (UK) »
Sorry, missed the first bit. Ole Rainers vej. Street named after a person.