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Paper cuttings made by 17th-century schoolgirls discovered beneath floorboards

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210 points benbreen | 1 comments | 23 Jul 24 04:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mseepgood ◴[27 Jul 24 09:14 UTC] No.41085393[source]▶
Why where they so much more skilled than today's schoolchildren?
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elric ◴[27 Jul 24 10:29 UTC] No.41085623[source]▶
Because that's what they practiced, presumably. Given that they misspelled a 3 letter word, I suspect they were better at arts and crafts than writing?
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1. boomboomsubban ◴[27 Jul 24 12:24 UTC] No.41086125[source]▶
I wonder if that misspelling is some kind of inside joke lost to time.