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Codebreakers Have Deciphered The Lost Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
Science Alert ^
| 08 February 2023
| CARLY CASSELLA
Posted on 02/08/2023 12:53:46 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Myrddin
There are many more Gaelic speakers than 5k, especially if you consider all the Gaelic dialects...
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posted on
02/08/2023 1:55:58 PM PST
by
dinodino
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To: PGR88
It isn't a code, it's a cipher.
To: Red Badger
All due a king wanting a divorce.
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posted on
02/08/2023 3:26:48 PM PST
by
fruser1
To: dinodino
There are many more Gaelic speakers than 5k, especially if you consider all the Gaelic dialects...I'm specifically addressing Scots Gaelic. Irish Gaelic has a much larger body of speakers and LOTS of dialects. I started into Irish Gaelic and found a mix of dialects being offered inside a single Duolingo course. Another source of Irish Gaelic instruction comes from Molly McHale on Youtube "Gaeilige i mo chroi". She speaks Ulster dialect. Duolingo is using Munster and Connacht. An Irish Gaelic page cites about 23,000 Irish Gaelic speakers in the Gaeltacht zones of Ireland. For Scots Gaelic Youtube instruction, Jason Bond has very good instruction at "Gaelic with Jason". Good principles easily extended.
A Scots Gaelic page cites about 58,000 speakers of the language in Scotland today.
There is a web resource for learning Scots Gaelic. It is found at Learn Gaelic. It is a different approach from Duolingo. I should make an account and plow my way through. The first unit was pretty well done.
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posted on
02/08/2023 3:36:45 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: Red Badger
John Guy, an expert and biographer of Mary, Queen of Scots calls the discovery “fabulous” and “a literary and historical sensation”.
Welp, he’ll be busy updating his book.
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posted on
02/08/2023 3:40:09 PM PST
by
TalBlack
(We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
To: Red Badger
Very fascinating. Thanks for posting.
To: 21twelve
“Drink more Ovaltine” East of the Atlantic, that'd be "Drink more Ovomaltine".
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posted on
02/08/2023 3:55:16 PM PST
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/08/2023 5:17:45 PM PST
by
sauropod
(“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
To: Red Badger
Deciphered but still unreadable.
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posted on
02/08/2023 5:20:03 PM PST
by
dennisw
("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
To: Red Badger
"Due to the sheer amount of deciphered material, about 50,000 words in total and enough to fill a book... That would be a short book. I've written articles half as long.
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posted on
02/08/2023 7:26:27 PM PST
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: Red Badger; Yo-Yo; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
...a lost series of secret letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots in the years before her execution in 1587.
Even more rare are the ones she wrote after her execution. ;^) Thanks RB for the topic and Yo--Yo for the additional ping.
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posted on
02/08/2023 10:46:12 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
She probably used a ghost writer for those.
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posted on
02/08/2023 11:07:47 PM PST
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
To: SunkenCiv
Wowser!!
Thanks, SC!
‘Face
;o]
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posted on
02/09/2023 2:07:57 AM PST
by
Monkey Face
(One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone. )
To: SunkenCiv
They used ‘Hoot Mon’ too many times.
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posted on
02/09/2023 5:17:24 AM PST
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: SunkenCiv
Her last one:
SEND MORE CHUCK BERRY!..............................
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posted on
02/09/2023 5:38:47 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Its too late! She’ll never get away from QE1.
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posted on
02/09/2023 5:42:28 AM PST
by
GingisK
To: logi_cal869
LOL! I remember in HS we had to write essays of a ‘thousand’ words........invariably some student would ask if ‘a’ and ‘I’ counted as words...................🤦♂️
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posted on
02/09/2023 5:52:01 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Monkey Face
We toured her former residence (she was under house arrest, but still counts) and even saw the loo — you guessed it, Mary Queen of Scots towels were in there.
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posted on
02/09/2023 10:25:09 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Mary Queen of Scots towels were in there.
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posted on
02/09/2023 10:28:05 AM PST
by
BlueLancer
(Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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