David writes:
"I'm afraid you missed my point (though you got it last time, and answered it, imo, with irrelevant arguments).
What we have to compare is the witness' "G" (all of them being penned in the same manner, shape, style, etc) and Toppy's various "G" in 1898 - all of them being also penned in the same manner, shape, style, etc).
And that gives the strange case of Toppy "Benjamin Button" Hutchinson."
Can´t say that I missed anything, David. What you say is that Toppy seems to have grown backwards in maturity and style, and what I suggested is that it perhaps may owe to the hard manual labour he would have done. Maybe that made his hand less steady, and less bold. Not that I myself can see any such immediate traits, but perhaps there may be a little something like it hidden in his writing abilities.
If you are specifically referring to the alteration of the capital G and nothing else, David, then we are dealing with a minor problem - changes in elements of style are quite common.
The best, David,
Fisherman
"I'm afraid you missed my point (though you got it last time, and answered it, imo, with irrelevant arguments).
What we have to compare is the witness' "G" (all of them being penned in the same manner, shape, style, etc) and Toppy's various "G" in 1898 - all of them being also penned in the same manner, shape, style, etc).
And that gives the strange case of Toppy "Benjamin Button" Hutchinson."
Can´t say that I missed anything, David. What you say is that Toppy seems to have grown backwards in maturity and style, and what I suggested is that it perhaps may owe to the hard manual labour he would have done. Maybe that made his hand less steady, and less bold. Not that I myself can see any such immediate traits, but perhaps there may be a little something like it hidden in his writing abilities.
If you are specifically referring to the alteration of the capital G and nothing else, David, then we are dealing with a minor problem - changes in elements of style are quite common.
The best, David,
Fisherman
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