Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Post Titled: Genealogical signs used in printed publications:
Post Subtitled: So ist das symbolistisches Leben

(clearly inspired by time spent at the Amts of Berlin.)


symbol German English

* Geburt birth
(*) außereheliche Geburt illegitimate birth
Taufe baptism
o Verlobung engagement
oo Heirat marriage
II oo 2. Heirat 2nd marriage
o|o Scheidung divorce
o-o uneheliche Verbindung unmarried couple, common law union
+ Tod death
*+ Totgeburt stillborn
9 Begräbnis burial
x gefallen killed in war

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2 Comments:

Blogger Helen DeWitt said...

I think this somehow needs to be combined with the symbols for comments on chess moves from the Reassess Your Chess Workbook:

! = excellent move
!! = brilliant move
!? = interesting move
?! = dubious move
? = poor move
?? = blunder

I mean, you could write a whole oulipian novel using nothing but symbols.

12:27 pm  
Blogger "Post-Google" by TAR ART RAT said...

yea, unfortunately I wasn't able to get teh spacing right, ooof- but the symbls come across as sometimes logical and sometimes not, "+" for "Tod/Death" for example- huh?

2:02 pm  

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