Ha ha - that's a good example of how inscrutable the Sütterlin script is. The only reason I can read the written greeting is because it's standard boilerplate German for "Happy New Year" - "Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Jahreswechsel 1900." If he had written anything else, it would have been a mystery to me.
There are commercial firms that will translate handwritten Sütterlin into something that normal people can read. It's hard to believe, but supposedly Sütterlin started out as a script that was supposed to be easier for schoolchildren. Yikes!
Interesting link Ryan, thanks. There was a news item over here this week on how many young people can't write long-hand anymore, or even read it properly on old documents. Seems like we are all going the way of Sütterlin in this computer age! DavidR.
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Posted 07/02/2013 5:09 pm
Seems like we are all going the way of Sütterlin in this computer age!
