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Collection: Alan and Nancy Hooper WW2 correspondence, 1940
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Posbat
Hi Bruce, I transcribe on a laptop and I most definitely put a return at the end of each line of text as per the letter, don't know what happened here, hopefully I've fixed them now thanks for the assist.
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Alan and Nancy Hooper WW2 correspondence, 1940
10 months ago
Bruce Laidlaw
This is from your Advanced Markup Page: "Single-page display: When users read a single page on FromThePage, viewing a page image next to the transcript, we try to preserve any line-breaks in the text, so that the transcript lines up clearly with...
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Alan_and_Nance_Hooper-1940
Alan and Nancy Hooper WW2 correspondence, 1940
10 months ago
State Library of Queensland
Margin note: is a good way to alert us, thank you.
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Alan_and_Nance_Hooper-1940
Alan and Nancy Hooper WW2 correspondence, 1940
10 months ago
State Library of Queensland
Hi Bruce, just let the narrative flow, and continue until a new paragraph is required. Great job thank you.
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Alan_and_Nance_Hooper-1940
Alan and Nancy Hooper WW2 correspondence, 1940
10 months ago
EllaDeer
"quinine" - a medication used to treat Malaria & babesiosis.
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Alan_and_Nance_Hooper-1940
Alan and Nancy Hooper WW2 correspondence, 1940
10 months ago
EllaDeer
"gins" - a derogatory term for Aboriginal women.
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Alan_and_Nance_Hooper-1940
Alan and Nancy Hooper WW2 correspondence, 1940
10 months ago
EllaDeer
"Ba Mahuta" means goodbye in the language of Motu, spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is the equivalent of the English "Sleep well! ", but is used in the daytime as well as at night.
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Alan_and_Nance_Hooper-1940
Alan and Nancy Hooper WW2 correspondence, 1940
10 months ago
EllaDeer
ahh looks like the page before this is missing, what a shame.
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Alan_and_Nance_Hooper-1940
Alan and Nancy Hooper WW2 correspondence, 1940
10 months ago
Bruce Laidlaw
Don't we put a return at the end of each line of the letter?
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Alan_and_Nance_Hooper-1940
Alan and Nancy Hooper WW2 correspondence, 1940
10 months ago
Posbat
How do you indicate a margin note
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Alan and Nancy Hooper WW2 correspondence, 1940
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