French letters from Seven Years' War opened 250 years later

[Lloyd]

This is from the BBC news...not a spambot.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67341309?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

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[Yazeh]

Thanks for posting this Llyod.
Here is the original article in French, which goes in detail about the creative spelling/ grammar of most of the letter, which were often dictated and jotted down phonetically :
The article can be translated using browser translation:
https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/science/article/ces-lettres-vieilles-de-250-ans-ne-vont-pas-plaire-aux-puristes-de-l-orthographe_225362.html

[Cyril]

Thank you @Lloyd and Yazeh for the link.
It is a fascinating historical event that shows how the level of the humanity has it's progression in writing. The original article in French shows how 250 years back their literacy in writing. It is quite interesting.
Thank you for this share .