Interpreter help please

[meebo1]

Well, I had to learn to write the German script

[cheaver]

Could have fed the image into Google Images to try and find a match. That would have been my first effort if I had been at my main PC at the time (can't do it on the tablet).

Of course... he could just be smarter than the average bear.

I did the google image match thing but it didn't come up with anything.

I think he must therefore be smarter than the average bear.


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[cambrensis]

Well, I had to learn to write the German script

I bought a copy of some of Grimm's tales, printed in Gothic script in the mid 1930's, and spent a happy afternoon deciphering it as it bears little resemblance to Gothic print. I was a teenager then!

The last time I came across it was about ten years ago when a friend of mine turned up with some letters which had been found in a Bible belonging to his wife's family and I was surprised to find I could still read it. However, the letters were in Dutch and were from the same period, - odd as I have a small collection of Dutch books, none of which is printed in a Gothic font although many are pre war.

[meebo1]

This is what I learned in my Best Handwriting Class.

[cambrensis]

Interesting - I can see the resemblance but this seems to sit between what I was thinking of and our Cursive of the 1940's and 50's. I shall make a copy of this for my "library", as it's nicely ornate without being too puzzling. I'll try to find that copy of "Snow White & Rose Red", which must be in my loft, if I still have it and send a copy of a page.

We associate it with Germany, largely because it was seen as especially German by uncle Adolf, but was used all over Western Europe for many centuries, with regional variations obviously. It was its description as "Gothic" which fooled many, of course.

Thanks so much for sharing this.