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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 8523144, member: 33"]Thanks for tagging me... Did I somehow volunteer to translate German? That was ambitious, if so! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've studied a little about the older German scripts, and just looked at some online sources to refresh my memory. I think the last word is the name of a place (either a town or country, maybe?), but can't be sure of the letters.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just saw [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] 's post. I agree that the last word is not "Scotch." The only two letters I'm fairly sure of in that word are the "ot" in the middle. Interpreting the fourth word as "Turk" makes sense, given the context and the way the figure looks. But I actually can't see the last letter in that word at all. And true, the word on the figure is <b>Türk</b>, as AJ mentioned. I can see the umlaut now.</p><p><br /></p><p>So "I am the Turk from ___ " seems like a good partial interpretation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 8523144, member: 33"]Thanks for tagging me... Did I somehow volunteer to translate German? That was ambitious, if so! :hilarious: I've studied a little about the older German scripts, and just looked at some online sources to refresh my memory. I think the last word is the name of a place (either a town or country, maybe?), but can't be sure of the letters. I just saw [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] 's post. I agree that the last word is not "Scotch." The only two letters I'm fairly sure of in that word are the "ot" in the middle. Interpreting the fourth word as "Turk" makes sense, given the context and the way the figure looks. But I actually can't see the last letter in that word at all. And true, the word on the figure is [B]Türk[/B], as AJ mentioned. I can see the umlaut now. So "I am the Turk from ___ " seems like a good partial interpretation.[/QUOTE]
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