Scribal abbreviation
Scribal abbreviations or sigla (singular: siglum or sigil) are the abbreviations used by ancient and medieval scribes writing in Latin, and later in Greek and Old Norse. Modern manuscript editing (substantive and mechanical) employs sigla as symbols indicating the location of a source manuscript and to identify the copyist(s) of a work.
History
Abbreviated writing, using sigla, arose partly from the limitations of the workable nature of the materials — stone, metal, parchment, etc. — employed in record-making, and partly from their availability. Thus, lapidaries, engravers, and copyists made the most of the available writing space. Scribal abbreviations were infrequent when writing materials were plentiful, but by the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, writing materials were scarce and costly.
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So Calm
by: Xavier NaidooWhich year are we in
Which year are we in
Which year are we in
Dann bin ich wieder aufgewacht
Dann bin ich wieder aufgewacht
Dann bin ich wieder aufgetaucht
Dann bin ich wieder aufgetaucht
Can't you hear the alarm
Can't you hear the alarm
Because you see me so calm
But I can hear the alarm
It has been a long, long fight
To bring back the dark to the light
How will we go on, I'm walking along
How will we go on, turn the radio on
How will we go on, press "on" and then run
How will we go on
Dann bin ich wieder aufgewacht
Dann bin ich wieder aufgewacht
Dann bin ich wieder aufgetaucht
Dann bin ich wieder aufgetaucht
How will we go on, I'm walking along
How will we go on, turn the radio on
How will we go on, press "on" and then run
How will we go on
Dann bin ich wieder aufgewacht
Dann bin ich wieder aufgetaucht
Can't you hear the alarm
Can't you hear the alarm
Because you see me so calm
But I can hear the alarm
Can't you hear the alarm
Can't you hear the alarm
Because you see me so calm
But I can hear the alarm
So we're born again
Bur far apart long distance
But I'm on my way
Ready to disappear in an instance
So this is the time and place
Same procedure, same weapons, same face
Same problem, same planet, same race#
Ring the alarm, the next generation is coming
Ring the alarm, the X generation is coming
Ring the alarm, the best generations are coming
Ring the alarm, regenration is coming, is coming
Ring the alarm, for the next generation is coming