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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

"IF FOUND, PLEASE RETURN TO ..."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“The pointy end goes into the other man.”

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Lorem ipsum stabbum deadus.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Van Hasselt said he thinks the blade’s inscription has religious ties that are written in Latin.

...if it's written in Latin, couldn't they just read it? What is it I'm missing here, making this theory somehow worth reporting?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=20639

tl;dr it isn't Latin Latin - a lot of swords had tons of odd spellings and there are theories about why that is. This sword could be a combo of acronyms of Latin words and possibly spelling errors.

For example, "I'd like a sword named Christmas" -> "Please make me a sword that says XMAS" -> sword that says XMS

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

"we're reaching out to you about your cart's extended warranty..."