HarryLime [any]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago“Demand ice cream everywhere” Soviet advertising poster, 1938hexbear.netimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down10
arrow-up179arrow-down1image“Demand ice cream everywhere” Soviet advertising poster, 1938hexbear.netHarryLime [any]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squareFumpyAer [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cursive
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 years ago Some words in Russian may pose a challenge due to the similarities between the letters Ш, Щ, И, Л, М in cursive. The word решили (reshili), which means “they decided”, or “it was decided”. There’s another photo on the page… In red, a decomposition of the handwritten text showing the block letter equivalent.
minus-squareClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoChrist and I thought English cursive was incomprehensible
minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoEnter German cursive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurrent
minus-squareAlaskaball [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoWhat the fuck
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cursive
There’s another photo on the page…
Christ and I thought English cursive was incomprehensible
Enter German cursive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurrent
What the fuck