# Chagall's handwriting

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 4, 2007, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chagalls-handwriting/428762 "2007-12-04T05:58:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chagalls-handwriting/428762/21 "2007-12-05T18:51:47Z")

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[QUOTE=E. Thorp]  
Mssd th dt wndw…

Seems it’s _ancient_ Hebrew that was written vowelless. Right?  
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Heh. 🙂 But you’d still probably have to write “edt” rather than just “dt” – initial vowels **are** required 😛

Yes, ancient Hebrew was pretty much completely vowelless. Modern Hebrew is “semi-voweled” – and in fact foreign words and names can be (and often are) spelled varyingly. e.g., Chagall could be spelled fully (like in your image), but could also be spelled “ShGL” (which rendering I **have** seen, albeit rarely)

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