I agree. Do Americans write their eights in such a different way?
I agree. Do Americans write their eights in such a different way?
Jerome, do you also have a picture of the other side of that little card?
It has the same numbers as the book. The book and the card together makes a complete set.
I don't have a pic, but it says "88 van 300"Originally Posted by Niels
I've never seen 8's like those in my entire life, I learn something new all the time here
Me either. It is very strange. If that was written without context I wouldn't be able to tell that it says 88. It looks nothing like 88.I've never seen 8's like those in my entire life, I learn something new all the time here
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Yes it does!Me either. It is very strange. If that was written without context I wouldn't be able to tell that it says 88. It looks nothing like 88.I've never seen 8's like those in my entire life, I learn something new all the time here
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It looks like 00 with slashes, but the slashes are backwards.
I agree. Those are weird looking 8s, by french standards.
I remember having a similar discussion with my girlfriend, years back.
For instance, the "scottish" 7 looked, to me, like a 1 (without a line in the middle). The 1 were also different.
Another similar discussion was about how she learned to count with the fingers...
We, in France, do every single finger in order, from the thumb.
Scots? Apparently not. If i remember correctly : thumb. Thumb folded but unfolded the next 2 fingers. Adding the following one. Then the last one. And back to unfolding the very first...
Weirdos :p
Those difference of cultures are interesting discussion subjects
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Guys, it's a Dutch book, numbered by a fellow Dutchman.
Those eights aren't weird looking, they're Dutch.
(ok, be my guest........)
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Diamonds are Forever. Artists and Writers on Baseball. Chronicle Books, 1987
Stephen King's contribution is an excerpt from It.
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The absence of water? The absence of anything else we're addicted to.
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In the US we learned to count from a closed fist with the index finger first, the middle second, "ring" finger third, "pinky" fourth and thumb last.I agree. Those are weird looking 8s, by french standards.
I remember having a similar discussion with my girlfriend, years back.
For instance, the "scottish" 7 looked, to me, like a 1 (without a line in the middle). The 1 were also different.
Another similar discussion was about how she learned to count with the fingers...
We, in France, do every single finger in order, from the thumb.
Scots? Apparently not. If i remember correctly : thumb. Thumb folded but unfolded the next 2 fingers. Adding the following one. Then the last one. And back to unfolding the very first...
Weirdos :p
Those difference of cultures are interesting discussion subjects
Most people in the US write the number 8 by starting and finishing at the top in one smooth motion. Some (mostly girls trying to be cute) write it like a snowman; two circles one on top of the other.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Thanks, it's neat!
The absence of a thing, this can be as deadly as the presence. The absence of air, eh?
The absence of water? The absence of anything else we're addicted to.
- Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
What do eights look like when you type them on a Dutch computer?
I really don't see why 'dutch eights' (although I'm sure they're not unique to our country) don't look like eights at all to you guys. I understand that they probably look a little different than yours, but unrecognizable?
Brian's description of American eights starting and finishing at the top gives me an idea of what they look like and I would definitely recognize them as being eights. Ours are basically like a closed S. Nothing weird about that, just a different starting point.
I want to add that in Jerome's book the lower part of the eight is relatively small compared to the top part. They usually have the snowman shape with a larger bottom and smaller top loop. The one in the book is simply that person's particular style of writing.
And there's no such thing as a Dutch computer or keyboard with weird eights. The only difference between American and Dutch computers is the keyboard layout.
In fact, if I type an 8 here on the TDT forum, using the standard settings of the forum software and on a US iPad Mini Retina, it looks like a slender version of the 'Dutch closed S' type, with the top and bottom loops of equal size. It does not look like an eight starting and finishing at the top because then you would have the line crossing itself in an x-shape in the middle.
... man, I love to jibber-jabber about jibber-jabber!
I h8 this conversation. Get back on track.
COME ON...WE ALL KNOW WHAT 88 SHOULD LOOK LIKE....
Spoiler:
Why was 6 scared of 7?
'Cos 7 8 9
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Back on topic....
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This is by far the most I have ever spent on a single book, compared to some lettered and S/L's it's not in the same ball park, but for me it represents a commitment to my collection that I hadn't reached before. Many, many thanks to Tom (Tito Villa) for his patience and time holding this book whilst I raised the required funds.
I present a pretty damn nice, very near fine copy of a 1st/1st Night Shift!
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"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
That's fricken awesome.
Lovely copy!! Congratulations
Hey Goblin - nice one ! Thats a really beauty - congratulations !
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