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MostlyPseudonymous t1_iy45gcw wrote

Reply to comment by N8CCRG in Woman’s name and tiny sketches found in 1,300-year-old medieval text by hugglenugget

I facepalmed hard reading that, glad it wasn't just me.

"it's inconceivable to me personally as a single adult woman that a man could ever have written a woman's name over and over in a book."

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jigokubi t1_iy55k1f wrote

Yet she thinks it's perfectly normal for someone to write their own name in a book over and over...

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ButterflyAttack t1_iy57r0f wrote

Just goes to show how you have to take history with a pinch of salt. Historians' preconceptions colour their perceptions like anyone else's.

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shewy92 t1_iy8f2jf wrote

I did that when I was practicing my autograph for when I become a famous race car driver when I was bored in class as a teenager.

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jigokubi t1_iy9ivwa wrote

Maybe someone a thousand years from now will look at one of the old textbooks you had under the paper, find the impression of your signature, and write a news article about you.

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